GPU Comparison

The Intel Arc Pro B60 and AMD Radeon 550 are not merely different generations apart; they occupy entirely different performance tiers. Across all seven shared benchmark tests, the Intel Arc Pro B60 records a decisive victory, with its smallest win being a 59.3% margin in the 2D graphics test. The data indicates a complete sweep, with the AMD Radeon 550 failing to secure a single win in any head-to-head comparison.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The most dominant performance gap appears in legacy DirectX 10 workloads. The Intel Arc Pro B60 scores 61 points against the AMD Radeon 550’s 7 points, a difference of 771.4%. This is the largest relative delta between the two cards, showing that the Intel part retains strong legacy performance where the AMD card struggles to remain relevant. Similarly, in DirectX 11, the Intel card’s 122 points dwarf the Radeon 550’s 15 points, a 713.3% advantage.

The gap narrows, but remains enormous, in modern API tests. In DirectX 12, the Intel Arc Pro B60 achieves 76 points compared to the Radeon 550’s 14 points, a 442.9% lead. The DirectX 9 test shows a 411.4% difference, with scores of 179 and 35 respectively. These results suggest the Intel architecture’s driver overhead and feature set provide a massive uplift even in scenarios where the Radeon 550 might be expected to have optimized for older titles.

The most significant absolute score difference appears in the PassMark G3D test. The Intel Arc Pro B60 scores 14,580 points, while the AMD Radeon 550 scores only 2,124 points, a 586.4% lead. This is the headline performance metric for overall 3D rendering capability, and the margin is overwhelming. Compute workloads tell a similar story: the Intel card’s 7,029 points in the GPU compute test represent a 651% advantage over the Radeon 550’s 936 points, indicating the Intel part is far more capable for general-purpose GPU tasks.

Even the 2D test, which typically shows the smallest performance deltas between cards, reveals a 59.3% lead for the Intel Arc Pro B60 (763 vs. 479). This suggests the Intel card’s higher pixel fill rate and memory bandwidth contribute to better desktop composition and 2D acceleration. In summary, the Intel Arc Pro B60 outperforms the AMD Radeon 550 by margins ranging from roughly 59% to over 770% across all tested workloads, with the largest gaps in legacy APIs and the smallest in 2D.

Architecture Differences

The underlying architectures explain the massive performance disparity. The Intel Arc Pro B60 uses the BMG-G21 chip built on the Xe2-HPG architecture, manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. This process node is significantly more advanced than the AMD Radeon 550’s 14 nm GlobalFoundries fabrication, which uses the older GCN 4.0 architecture with the Lexa chip. The Intel part features 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 72.1M / mm². In contrast, the AMD card has just 2,200 million transistors on a 103 mm² die, with a density of 21.4M / mm². The Intel chip packs nearly nine times the transistors into less than three times the die area.

The compute resources are equally lopsided. The Intel Arc Pro B60 has 2,560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 80 ROPs, while the AMD Radeon 550 features only 512 shading units, 32 TMUs, and 16 ROPs. The Intel card also includes 20 dedicated ray tracing cores, a feature entirely absent from the AMD part, which has no RT cores listed. The pixel rate for the Intel card is 192.0 GPixel/s versus 18.93 GPixel/s for the AMD card, and the texture rates are 384.0 GTexel/s versus 37.86 GTexel/s. This represents a roughly 10x advantage in both fill rates.

Memory configuration further separates the two. The Intel Arc Pro B60 offers 24 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 456.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The AMD Radeon 550 has only 2 GB of GDDR5 on a 64-bit bus, providing 56.00 GB/s. The Intel card’s memory clock is 2375 MHz (19 Gbps effective), while the AMD card runs at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective). The Intel card also supports PCIe 5.0 x8, whereas the AMD card is limited to PCIe 3.0 x8. The Intel part is built for Battlemage (Pro Series) generation, while the AMD card belongs to the Polaris (RX 500) generation, representing a 2017-era design versus a 2025 design.

Where Each One Wins

The Intel Arc Pro B60 wins in every benchmark category available in the data. Its strongest relative performance is in DirectX 10 (771.4% lead) and DirectX 11 (713.3% lead), indicating that users running legacy applications or older game titles will see the most dramatic uplift. The compute workload also favors the Intel card heavily (651% lead), making it the clear choice for GPU-accelerated tasks beyond pure gaming, such as rendering or data processing. The 3D Mark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2,646 further reinforces that the Intel card is capable of modern AAA gaming, while the AMD card has no comparable result in the data.

The AMD Radeon 550 does not win any of the seven head-to-head benchmarks. Its only relative strengths appear in the context of its own benchmarks, it scores 10,339 in Geekbench OpenCL and 11,257 in Geekbench Vulkan, which are tests not present for the Intel card. This suggests that in those specific APIs, the AMD card might be more optimized relative to its own performance, but without Intel comparison scores, no direct advantage can be claimed. The AMD card’s lower power draw of 50 W and lack of power connectors make it suitable for low-power systems, but based on performance data, it offers no benchmark wins.

The Verdict

From a pure performance standpoint, the Intel Arc Pro B60 is the definitive choice. It wins 7 out of 7 shared benchmarks, with leads ranging from 59.3% to 771.4%. The Intel card’s average benchmark score is 3,182, placing it in the 20th percentile of all GPUs, while the AMD Radeon 550 has an average score of 2,801, sitting in the 18th percentile. Interestingly, the Intel card’s nearest rivals include the NVIDIA Quadro P1000 (0.6% faster) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER (3.5% slower), while the AMD card’s nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X (0.2% faster) and the Intel UHD Graphics 610 (1.8% slower). This highlights that the Intel card competes in a higher tier of performance than the AMD card, despite both being in similar percentile ranges.

The Intel Arc Pro B60 is the only reasonable choice for any workload requiring modern features like ray tracing, high memory capacity, or advanced API support. Its 24 GB of memory is 12 times larger than the AMD card’s 2 GB, and its bandwidth is over 8 times higher. The AMD Radeon 550 is end-of-life, with a 2017 release date, while the Intel card was released in 2025 and is still active. For any user building a new system or upgrading from a legacy card, the data unequivocally points to the Intel Arc Pro B60.

FAQ

Q: Which card has a higher PassMark G3D score?

A: The Intel Arc Pro B60 scores 14,580 in the PassMark G3D test, which is 586.4% higher than the AMD Radeon 550’s score of 2,124.

Q: Does the AMD Radeon 550 support ray tracing?

A: No, the AMD Radeon 550 has no ray tracing cores listed in its specifications, while the Intel Arc Pro B60 includes 20 dedicated ray tracing cores.

Q: What is the memory bandwidth difference between the two cards?

A: The Intel Arc Pro B60 has 456.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth from its 24 GB GDDR6 configuration, whereas the AMD Radeon 550 provides 56.00 GB/s from its 2 GB GDDR5 memory.

Q: Which card is more power-efficient?

A: The AMD Radeon 550 has a 50 W TDP compared to the Intel Arc Pro B60’s 200 W TDP, making the AMD card more power-efficient on a watt-per-watt basis, though the Intel card is far faster in absolute terms.

Q: What is the largest performance gap in the head-to-head tests?

A: The largest gap is in the PassMark DirectX 10 test, where the Intel Arc Pro B60 leads by 771.4% (61 vs. 7 points).

Q: Are these cards in the same performance percentile?

A: No. The Intel Arc Pro B60 is in the 20th percentile of all GPUs, while the AMD Radeon 550 is in the 18th percentile, indicating the Intel card outperforms a larger share of the GPU population.

Specification Differences

| Specification | Intel Arc Pro B60 | AMD Radeon 550 |

|----------------|-------------------|----------------|

| Architecture | Xe2-HPG | GCN 4.0 |

| Process Node | 5 nm | 14 nm |

| Transistors | 19,600 million | 2,200 million |

| Die Size | 272 mm² | 103 mm² |

| Base Clock | 2000 MHz | 1100 MHz |

| Boost Clock | 2400 MHz | 1183 MHz |

| Memory Size | 24 GB | 2 GB |

| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |

| Memory Bus Width | 192 bit | 64 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | 456.0 GB/s | 56.00 GB/s |

| Shading Units | 2560 | 512 |

| TMUs | 160 | 32 |

| ROPs | 80 | 16 |

| RT Cores | 20 | None |

| Pixel Rate | 192.0 GPixel/s | 18.93 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 384.0 GTexel/s | 37.86 GTexel/s |

| FP32 Performance | 12.29 TFLOPS | 1,211.4 GFLOPS |

| TDP | 200 W | 50 W |

| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | None |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 5.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |

| DirectX Version | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_0) |

| Vulkan Version | 1.4 | 1.3 |

| Release Date | 2025-09-04 | 2017-04-19 |

| Production Status | Active | End-of-life |