Intel Arc Pro A30M vs AMD FirePro W9100

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc Pro A30M and AMD FirePro W9100 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, 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 Pro A30M

AMD FirePro W9100

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A30M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 61% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 930 MHz
781.9x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel/s vs 163.7 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
15x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 750 Watt

Launch date	8 Aug 2022 vs 26 March 2014
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel/s vs 163.7 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 750 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9100

2.8x more pipelines: 2816 vs 1024
4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43046 vs 30987
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 811 vs 696
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7705 vs 5862

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2816 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	43046 vs 30987
PassMark - G2D Mark	811 vs 696
PassMark - G3D Mark	7705 vs 5862

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc Pro A30M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9100

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

30987

43046

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

696

811

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5862

7705

Name	Intel Arc Pro A30M	AMD FirePro W9100
Geekbench - OpenCL	30987	43046
PassMark - G2D Mark	696	811
PassMark - G3D Mark	5862	7705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		32085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		32085

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc Pro A30M	AMD FirePro W9100
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 2.0
Code name	DG2-128	Hawaii
Launch date	8 Aug 2022	26 March 2014
Place in performance rating	201	198
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,024 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.192 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.096 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	2816
Pixel fill rate	64.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel/s	163.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	750 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,238 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5