Intel Arc A730M vs AMD Radeon RX 6600M

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A730M and AMD Radeon RX 6600M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Arc A730M

AMD Radeon RX 6600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A730M

Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 393.6 GTexel/s vs 235.8 GTexel/s
Around 71% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 1792
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 68757 vs 64733

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	393.6 GTexel/s vs 235.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3072 vs 1792
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	68757 vs 64733

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600M

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1489 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 2050 MHz
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 703 vs 683
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13636 vs 10488
Around 6% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7950 vs 7521

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1489 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	2105 MHz vs 2050 MHz
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	703 vs 683
PassMark - G3D Mark	13636 vs 10488
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7950 vs 7521

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A730M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

68757

64733

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

683

703

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10488

13636

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

7521

7950

Name	Intel Arc A730M	AMD Radeon RX 6600M
Geekbench - OpenCL	68757	64733
PassMark - G2D Mark	683	703
PassMark - G3D Mark	10488	13636
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7521	7950
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14178
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8612
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14178
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8612
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8006

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A730M	AMD Radeon RX 6600M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	RDNA 2.0
Code name	DG2-512	Navi 23
Launch date	2022	2021
Place in performance rating	147	152
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	2105 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1489 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	25.19 TFLOPS (2:1)	15.09 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.60 TFLOPS	7.544 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3072	1792
Pixel fill rate	196.8 GPixel/s	134.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	393.6 GTexel/s	235.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	11060 million
Compute units		28
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		471.5 GFLOPS (1:16)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6