Intel Arc Pro A50 vs AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc Pro A50 and AMD Radeon R9 390 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

Intel Arc Pro A50

AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A50

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
69.6x more texture fill rate: 150.4 GTexel/s vs 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
7.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 580 Watt

Launch date	8 Aug 2022 vs 3 September 2015
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	150.4 GTexel/s vs 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

5x more pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 1024
2.7x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 6 GB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Pipelines	2x 2560 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc Pro A50
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Name	Intel Arc Pro A50	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	540
PassMark - G3D Mark	5224
Geekbench - OpenCL	33127
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		21.128

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc Pro A50	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 2.0
Code name	DG2-128	Grenada
Launch date	8 Aug 2022	3 September 2015
Place in performance rating	263	265
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2350 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 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	2x 2560
Pixel fill rate	75.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	150.4 GTexel/s	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		2x 5,120 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 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2x 8 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5