Intel Arc Pro A50 vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc Pro A50 and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 A50

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A50

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 76% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Around 88% higher boost clock speed: 2350 MHz vs 1250 MHz
497.4x more texture fill rate: 150.4 GTexel/s vs 302.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 14 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 210 Watt
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1572 MHz

Launch date	8 Aug 2022 vs 14 August 2017
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Boost clock speed	2350 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Texture fill rate	150.4 GTexel/s vs 302.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 210 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1572 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

3.5x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1024
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 828 vs 613
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12354 vs 5222
Around 87% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 61796 vs 33127

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3584 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	828 vs 613
PassMark - G3D Mark	12354 vs 5222
Geekbench - OpenCL	61796 vs 33127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc Pro A50
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

613

828

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5222

12354

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

33127

61796

Name	Intel Arc Pro A50	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
PassMark - G2D Mark	613	828
PassMark - G3D Mark	5222	12354
Geekbench - OpenCL	33127	61796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		153.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1722.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		126.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1172.788
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc Pro A50	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 5.0
Code name	DG2-128	Vega 10
Launch date	8 Aug 2022	14 August 2017
Place in performance rating	235	240
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2350 MHz	1250 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1138 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,203 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.626 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.813 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	3584
Pixel fill rate	75.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	150.4 GTexel/s	302.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	210 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	12,500 million
Floating-point performance		9,677 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	402.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1572 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2