Intel Arc Pro A30M vs AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc Pro A30M and AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

Intel Arc Pro A30M

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A30M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1090 MHz
Around 67% higher boost clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
1937x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel/s vs 66.08 GTexel / s
Around 14% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 896
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 14 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 70 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	8 Aug 2022 vs 8 August 2016
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1090 MHz
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel/s vs 66.08 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 896
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 70 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)

3.5x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 65217 vs 31513

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	65217 vs 31513

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc Pro A30M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

31513

65217

Name	Intel Arc Pro A30M	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
Geekbench - OpenCL	31513	65217
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1723
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		55.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		969.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		76.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		239.111

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc Pro A30M	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 4.0
Code name	DG2-128	Baffin
Launch date	8 Aug 2022	8 August 2016
Place in performance rating	743	745
Design		Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$86
Price now		$179.50
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		26.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1090 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 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	896
Pixel fill rate	64.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel/s	66.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	3,000 million
Compute units		14
Floating-point performance		2.2 TFLOPs
GPU Power		35-48 Watt
Stream Processors		896
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bridgeless CrossFire
Laptop size		large
Recommended system power (PSU)		400 Watt
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	112 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore