Intel Arc Pro A40 vs AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc Pro A40 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Intel Arc Pro A40

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A40

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 800 MHz
456.4x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel/s vs 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 40 nm
5.1x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 254 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2x 2 GB
8.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 32858 vs 3977

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Aug 2022 vs 19 September 2011
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel/s vs 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 254 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2x 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	32858 vs 3977

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Around 88% higher pipelines: 2x 960 vs 1024
2.1x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Pipelines	2x 960 vs 1024
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc Pro A40
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

32858

3977

Name	Intel Arc Pro A40	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	32858	3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.789
PassMark - G2D Mark		373
PassMark - G3D Mark		2534

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc Pro A40	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	TeraScale 2
Code name	DG2-128	Barts
Launch date	8 Aug 2022	19 September 2011
Place in performance rating	711	713
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	870.4 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	6.963 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	3.482 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	2x 960
Pixel fill rate	54.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel/s	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	254 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	1,700 million
Floating-point performance		2x 1,536.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	4200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5