Intel Arc Pro A40 vs ATI Radeon X1550

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc Pro A40 and ATI Radeon X1550 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

Intel Arc Pro A40

ATI Radeon X1550

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A40

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 600 MHz
45333.3x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel/s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 90 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

Launch date	8 Aug 2022 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel/s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550

Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc Pro A40
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1550

Name	Intel Arc Pro A40	ATI Radeon X1550
Geekbench - OpenCL	33127
PassMark - G3D Mark		67
PassMark - G2D Mark		253

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc Pro A40	ATI Radeon X1550
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	R500
Code name	DG2-128	RV515
Launch date	8 Aug 2022	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	681	673
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	90 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
Pixel fill rate	54.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel/s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0c
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
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	DDR2