Intel Arc A730M vs AMD Radeon R9 295X2

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A730M and AMD Radeon R9 295X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Arc A730M

AMD Radeon R9 295X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A730M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2x more boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1018 MHz
180.6x more texture fill rate: 393.6 GTexel/s vs 2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
6.3x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 500 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10488 vs 8639

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 29 April 2014
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1018 MHz
Texture fill rate	393.6 GTexel/s vs 2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 500 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10488 vs 8639

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 295X2

Around 83% higher pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 3072
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 764 vs 683

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 3072
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	764 vs 683

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A730M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 295X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

683

764

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10488

8639

Name	Intel Arc A730M	AMD Radeon R9 295X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	68718
PassMark - G2D Mark	683	764
PassMark - G3D Mark	10488	8639
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7465	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A730M	AMD Radeon R9 295X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 2.0
Code name	DG2-512	Vesuvius
Launch date	2022	29 April 2014
Place in performance rating	149	174
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,499
Price now		$1,099.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		11.14
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1018 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	25.19 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.60 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3072	2x 2816
Pixel fill rate	196.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	393.6 GTexel/s	2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		2x 5,733 gflops
Stream Processors		5632
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Length		307 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	640 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)