Intel Arc Pro A40 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc Pro A40 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Arc Pro A40

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A40

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1100 MHz
3090.9x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel/s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 512
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 14 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 256 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 800 MHz
3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33127 vs 8941

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Aug 2022 vs 24 November 2017
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel/s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 512
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	33127 vs 8941

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc Pro A40
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

33127

8941

Name	Intel Arc Pro A40	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
Geekbench - OpenCL	33127	8941
PassMark - G2D Mark		399
PassMark - G3D Mark		1527
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc Pro A40	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 5.0
Code name	DG2-128	Vega
Launch date	8 Aug 2022	24 November 2017
Place in performance rating	663	665
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 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	512
Pixel fill rate	54.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel/s	35.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	4,500 million
Floating-point performance		1,126 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR4