Intel Arc A770 vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A770 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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 A770

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A770

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1825 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 2250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 558.572 vs 543.753

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 28 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	2100 MHz vs 1825 MHz
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz vs 2250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	558.572 vs 543.753

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 720.0 GTexel/s vs 614.4 GTexel/s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 4096
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1048 vs 686
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26856 vs 10624
Around 54% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 20909 vs 13621
Around 52% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 161057 vs 106116
Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 51.155 vs 39.71
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 320.733 vs 143.941
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2566.9 vs 2147.102

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	720.0 GTexel/s vs 614.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 4096
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1048 vs 686
PassMark - G3D Mark	26856 vs 10624
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	20909 vs 13621
Geekbench - OpenCL	161057 vs 106116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	51.155 vs 39.71
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	320.733 vs 143.941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2566.9 vs 2147.102

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A770
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

686

1048

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10624

26856

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

13621

20909

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

106116

161057

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

558.572

543.753

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

39.71

51.155

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

143.941

320.733

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2147.102

2566.9

Name	Intel Arc A770	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	686	1048
PassMark - G3D Mark	10624	26856
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	13621	20909
Geekbench - OpenCL	106116	161057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	558.572	543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6840.98	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	39.71	51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	143.941	320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2147.102	2566.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A770	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	RDNA 2.0
Code name	DG2-512	Navi 21
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	69	70
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz	2250 MHz
Core clock speed	2100 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	39.32 TFLOPS (2:1)	46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	19.66 TFLOPS	23.04 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4096	5120
Pixel fill rate	307.2 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	614.4 GTexel/s	720.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	26800 million
Compute units		80
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Height		50 mm (2 inches)
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Width		120 mm (4.7 inches)
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	16 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6