GPU Comparison

Intel Arc A770 and AMD Radeon 8050S occupy opposite ends of the GPU spectrum, one a discontinued desktop add-in board, the other an active integrated graphics processor for mobile. The benchmark data reflects that divide clearly. The Arc A770 wins both head-to-head tests decisively, but the Radeon 8050S posts a much stronger showing relative to its power envelope and form factor. Below is a breakdown of their measured performance, architectural differences, and specification gaps.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The two GPUs share only two common benchmark results in the data: Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan. The Intel Arc A770 dominates both, with margins that are hard to overlook. In Geekbench OpenCL, the Arc A770 scores 109175 against the Radeon 8050S’s 65818. That is a delta of 65.9% in Intel’s favor, meaning the Arc A770 delivers roughly two-thirds more compute throughput in this API. The gap is slightly smaller but still substantial in Geekbench Vulkan, where the Arc A770 hits 94284 and the Radeon 8050S manages 58398, a 61.5% advantage for Intel.

These are not marginal wins; they are category-level separations. The Arc A770’s OpenCL score places it in the 90th percentile of all GPUs, while the Radeon 8050S sits at the 89th percentile. Despite the 65.9% gap between them, both cards are near the top of the overall distribution, a reminder that percentile rankings compress differences at the high end. The Arc A770’s average benchmark score of 68809 puts it statistically even with the NVIDIA CMP 90HX (69000, -0.3%) and slightly ahead of the AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 (68562, +0.4%). The Radeon 8050S’s 62108 average sits just above the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M (61896, +0.3%) and trails the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 (63693, -2.5%) by a small margin.

In short, the Arc A770 wins every measured contest, and it wins big. The Radeon 8050S is not competitive in raw compute terms, but its numbers are respectable for what it is, a 55 W integrated solution that still lands in the 89th percentile. The data shows no test where the Radeon 8050S takes the lead.

Where Each One Wins

The Intel Arc A770 is the clear winner in every benchmark category documented here. It holds a 65.9% lead in Geekbench OpenCL, a test that stresses general-purpose compute through the OpenCL framework. The Arc A770’s 19.66 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 39.32 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1) explain this dominance. Its 4096 shading units, 256 TMUs, and 128 ROPs provide the hardware resources needed to sustain high fill rates, 307.2 GPixel/s pixel rate and 614.4 GTexel/s texture rate.

For Vulkan workloads, the Arc A770 again comes out ahead with a 61.5% margin. This is a gaming-oriented API, and the Arc A770’s 32 ray tracing cores and 16 GB of GDDR6 memory over a 256-bit bus (512.0 GB/s bandwidth) give it a substantial buffer for modern titles. The Radeon 8050S also has 32 ray tracing cores, but its memory subsystem is entirely system-shared, with bandwidth listed as “System Dependent.” That is a fundamental constraint, discrete VRAM versus shared system memory.

Where the Radeon 8050S “wins” is not in any benchmark score but in its physical and power characteristics. It is an IGP with a 55 W TDP, no power connectors, and a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface. It draws a fraction of the Arc A770’s 225 W TDP and requires no dedicated power cabling. For thin-and-light laptops or low-power mini PCs, the Radeon 8050S is the only viable option of the two. The Arc A770 demands a 550 W suggested PSU and a dual-slot cooler.

The Radeon 8050S also holds a process node advantage, 4 nm versus the Arc A770’s 6 nm, both from TSMC. That smaller node enables higher clock speeds (2800 MHz boost versus 2400 MHz) despite the much lower power draw. But the 8050S’s 2048 shading units and 11.47 TFLOPS FP32 are less than half of the Arc A770’s compute throughput, so the clock advantage cannot close the gap.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has a higher average benchmark score?

A: The Intel Arc A770 has an average benchmark score of 68809, while the AMD Radeon 8050S scores 62108. The Arc A770 is 10.8% higher in this aggregate metric.

Q: How large is the performance gap in Geekbench Vulkan?

A: The Arc A770 scores 94284 in Geekbench Vulkan, and the Radeon 8050S scores 58398. This gives Intel a 61.5% lead in that specific test.

Q: Does the AMD Radeon 8050S have better ray tracing hardware?

A: Both GPUs have exactly 32 ray tracing cores. However, the Arc A770’s discrete memory and higher compute throughput mean it will likely handle ray-traced workloads more effectively, though no ray tracing benchmark is present in the data.

Q: What is the power consumption difference?

A: The Arc A770 has a 225 W TDP, while the Radeon 8050S has a 55 W TDP. The Radeon 8050S draws about 24.4% of the Arc A770’s power budget.

Q: Which GPU is newer?

A: The AMD Radeon 8050S was released on 2025-01-05 and is marked as Active in production. The Intel Arc A770 was released on 2022-10-11 and is End-of-life.

Q: Can the Radeon 8050S match the Arc A770 in any benchmark?

A: No. In the two shared benchmarks (Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan), the Arc A770 wins both by margins of 65.9% and 61.5%, respectively. The Radeon 8050S has zero wins in the head-to-head comparison.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ in nearly every measurable specification. The Intel Arc A770 uses a DG2-512 chip on a 406 mm² die with 21,700 million transistors, manufactured on TSMC’s 6 nm process. The AMD Radeon 8050S uses a Strix Halo chip on a 308 mm² die with transistor count listed as “unknown,” built on TSMC’s 4 nm process. The Arc A770’s base clock is 2100 MHz, boosting to 2400 MHz; the Radeon 8050S runs at 1295 MHz base and 2800 MHz boost.

Memory is a major divergence. The Arc A770 has 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The Radeon 8050S has no dedicated memory, it uses “System Shared” memory with a bus width also listed as “System Shared” and bandwidth that is “System Dependent.” This is the most consequential architectural difference for performance consistency.

Compute resources differ by roughly a factor of two. The Arc A770 has 4096 shading units, 256 TMUs, and 128 ROPs, while the Radeon 8050S has 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. Both have 32 ray tracing cores. The Arc A770’s pixel rate is 307.2 GPixel/s versus 179.2 GPixel/s for the Radeon 8050S. Texture rates are 614.4 GTexel/s and 358.4 GTexel/s, respectively. FP32 throughput is 19.66 TFLOPS for Intel and 11.47 TFLOPS for AMD.

Power and physical requirements are opposites. The Arc A770 is a dual-slot card with a 225 W TDP, needing one 6-pin and one 8-pin power connector, plus a 550 W suggested PSU. The Radeon 8050S is an IGP with a 55 W TDP, no power connectors, and no suggested PSU. The Arc A770 uses PCIe 4.0 x16; the Radeon 8050S uses PCIe 5.0 x16. Display outputs also differ: the Arc A770 has 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 2.0, while the Radeon 8050S’s outputs are “Portable Device Dependent.”

Architecture Differences

The Intel Arc A770 is built on Xe-HPG architecture, part of the Alchemist generation (Arc 7). It uses a DG2-512 chip with 21,700 million transistors on a 406 mm² die. Its predecessor is Xe Graphics, and its successor is Battlemage. The architecture supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. FP16 compute runs at 39.32 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio relative to FP32, indicating dedicated FP16 hardware.

The AMD Radeon 8050S uses RDNA 3.5 architecture, part of the Navi Mobile (RX 8000M) generation. It is built on a Strix Halo chip with a 308 mm² die, though transistor count is unknown. Its predecessor is Polaris Mobile. It also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. FP16 throughput is 11.47 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio to FP32, meaning it uses the same hardware for both precision levels, a notable efficiency difference from Intel’s approach.

The process node disparity is significant: 6 nm for Intel versus 4 nm for AMD, both from TSMC. The smaller node allows the Radeon 8050S to hit a higher boost clock (2800 MHz versus 2400 MHz) while consuming only 55 W. But the Arc A770 compensates with 2x the shading units, 2x the TMUs, 2x the ROPs, and 4x the memory bandwidth (512.0 GB/s versus system dependent). The Arc A770’s 32 ray tracing cores match the Radeon 8050S’s count, but Intel’s higher fill rates and dedicated VRAM give it a structural advantage in rasterization and ray tracing alike.

The Radeon 8050S’s system-shared memory architecture is its defining limitation. While it enables the IGP form factor and 55 W TDP, it makes sustained performance dependent on the host system’s memory configuration. The Arc A770’s 16 GB GDDR6 buffer is fixed and predictable. In the benchmark data, this translates into a 61.5-65.9% performance deficit for the Radeon 8050S, despite its architectural modernity and process node advantage.