AMD Radeon 8060S vs Intel Arc A770 Comparison

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The Intel Arc A770 records an average benchmark score of 68809, which places it in the 90th percentile of all GPUs. The AMD Radeon 8060S averages 55757, putting it in the 87th percentile. That is a gap of roughly 23% in favor of the Intel part.

Q: How do the two compare in the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test?

A: The Intel Arc A770 scores 2969, while the AMD Radeon 8060S scores 2162. The Intel card leads by 37.3% in this test, which is its largest head-to-head margin over the AMD part.

Q: What memory configuration does each GPU use?

A: The Intel Arc A770 uses 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The AMD Radeon 8060S uses system-shared memory, with its bus width and bandwidth listed as system dependent.

Q: Which GPU has the higher boost clock?

A: The AMD Radeon 8060S boosts to 2900 MHz, while the Intel Arc A770 boosts to 2400 MHz. The AMD part's base clock is 1295 MHz compared to Intel's 2100 MHz base clock.

Q: Are both GPUs DirectX 12 Ultimate compatible?

A: Yes, both the Intel Arc A770 and the AMD Radeon 8060S support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. Their API feature sets are identical across the board.

Q: What is the production status of each card?

A: The Intel Arc A770 is listed as end-of-life and was released in October 2022. The AMD Radeon 8060S is active and was released in January 2025.

Architecture Differences

The Intel Arc A770 is built on the DG2-512 chip using the Xe-HPG architecture, part of the Alchemist generation within the Arc 7 family. It is fabricated on a 6 nm process at TSMC, with 21,700 million transistors on a 406 mm² die. That works out to a transistor density of 53.4 million transistors per square millimeter. The AMD Radeon 8060S, by contrast, uses the Strix Halo chip with RDNA 3.5 architecture, belonging to the Navi Mobile (RX 8000M) generation. It is built on a 4 nm process at TSMC, with a die size of 308 mm². AMD's transistor count for this chip is listed as unknown.

The two designs differ substantially in their execution resources. The Intel Arc A770 packs 4096 shading units, 256 texture mapping units, and 128 raster operation pipelines. The AMD Radeon 8060S has fewer of each: 2560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. However, the AMD part counters with 40 ray tracing cores versus Intel's 32, a 25% advantage in RT core count despite having fewer shading units overall.

Clock behavior also separates the two. The Intel card runs a 2100 MHz base clock and a 2400 MHz boost clock. The AMD part has a much lower 1295 MHz base clock but a significantly higher 2900 MHz boost clock. This suggests the AMD GPU is designed to scale up aggressively under load, while the Intel part maintains a more consistent clock range.

Memory architectures could hardly be more different. The Arc A770 is a discrete card with 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The Radeon 8060S is an integrated graphics processor that shares system memory, with bandwidth dependent on the host platform's memory configuration. This is a fundamental design split: the Intel card has dedicated, fixed memory resources, while the AMD part's memory performance varies with the system it is installed in.

Power and physical design also diverge. The Arc A770 is rated at 225 W TDP, requires a dual-slot cooler, and uses a 1x 6-pin plus 1x 8-pin power connector setup with a 550 W suggested PSU. The Radeon 8060S is an IGP with a 55 W TDP, no power connectors, and no suggested PSU rating. The Intel card connects via PCIe 4.0 x16, while the AMD part uses PCIe 5.0 x16.

The Verdict

The data points to a clear performance hierarchy between these two GPUs. The Intel Arc A770 wins all three recorded head-to-head benchmarks, with a 37.3% margin in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, a 29% margin in Geekbench OpenCL, and a 17.1% margin in Geekbench Vulkan. Its average benchmark score of 68809 versus 55757 for the AMD part reinforces that lead. The Intel card also sits in the 90th percentile of all GPUs, three points higher than the Radeon 8060S's 87th percentile.

Who should pick the Intel Arc A770? Users who need a discrete GPU with dedicated 16 GB GDDR6 memory, a fixed 512.0 GB/s bandwidth, and consistent performance across DirectX 12, OpenCL, and Vulkan workloads. It is the stronger choice for anyone who wants maximum frame rates in 3DMark-style DX12 workloads and compute-oriented OpenCL tasks. The Intel card is also the only one of the two with a launch MSRP: 329 USD.

Who should pick the AMD Radeon 8060S? Users who need an integrated solution with a 55 W TDP, no power connectors, and a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface. Its 40 ray tracing cores exceed Intel's 32, which could matter for ray-traced workloads. The AMD part also boosts to 2900 MHz, 500 MHz higher than Intel's boost clock, and its nearest rivals include the GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 4080, indicating it competes in a higher performance tier than its average score might suggest. However, the benchmark data shows it trails the Arc A770 in every recorded test.

For pure performance, the Intel Arc A770 is the winner. For an integrated, low-power solution with system-shared memory, the Radeon 8060S is the only viable choice, but it does not match Intel's discrete card in raw scores.

Specification Differences

| Specification | Intel Arc A770 | AMD Radeon 8060S |

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

| Chip | DG2-512 | Strix Halo |

| Architecture | Xe-HPG | RDNA 3.5 |

| Generation | Alchemist (Arc 7) | Navi Mobile (RX 8000M) |

| Process Node | 6 nm | 4 nm |

| Die Size | 406 mm² | 308 mm² |

| Transistors | 21,700 million | unknown |

| Base Clock | 2100 MHz | 1295 MHz |

| Boost Clock | 2400 MHz | 2900 MHz |

| Memory Size | 16 GB | System Shared |

| Memory Type | GDDR6 | System Shared |

| Memory Bus Width | 256 bit | System Shared |

| Memory Bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | System Dependent |

| Shading Units | 4096 | 2560 |

| TMUs | 256 | 160 |

| ROPs | 128 | 64 |

| RT Cores | 32 | 40 |

| Pixel Rate | 307.2 GPixel/s | 185.6 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 614.4 GTexel/s | 464.0 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 19.66 TFLOPS | 14.85 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 39.32 TFLOPS (2:1) | 14.85 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 225 W | 55 W |

| Slot Width | Dual-slot | IGP |

| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |

| Suggested PSU | 550 W | null |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |

| Display Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0 | Portable Device Dependent |

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

| Release Date | 2022-10-11 | 2025-01-05 |

| Predecessor | Xe Graphics | Polaris Mobile |

| Successor | Battlemage | null |

| Launch MSRP | 329 USD | null |

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The Intel Arc A770 dominates every recorded head-to-head benchmark between these two GPUs. Starting with 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, the Intel card scores 2969 against 2162 for the AMD Radeon 8060S. That is a 37.3% advantage, the largest margin in any test. This indicates a substantial lead in modern DirectX 12 gaming workloads, where the Intel card's dedicated memory and higher pixel rate appear to provide a clear edge.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the Intel Arc A770 scores 109175, while the AMD Radeon 8060S scores 84626. The delta is 29% in Intel's favor. This test measures general-purpose compute performance across a range of workloads, and the Arc A770's 19.66 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput versus 14.85 TFLOPS for the AMD part helps explain the result. The Intel card also has a 2:1 FP16 ratio, delivering 39.32 TFLOPS, while the AMD part manages 14.85 TFLOPS at 1:1, another area where the Intel architecture pulls ahead.

Geekbench Vulkan shows a closer contest but still favors Intel. The Arc A770 scores 94284, and the Radeon 8060S scores 80483, a 17.1% difference. This is the narrowest margin of the three tests, suggesting the AMD part is relatively stronger in Vulkan workloads than in OpenCL or DX12. The AMD GPU's 40 ray tracing cores and higher boost clock may contribute to keeping this gap smaller, but it is not enough to overcome Intel's overall resource advantage.

The AMD Radeon 8060S has no benchmark wins in this comparison. Its nearest rivals in the database include the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB at 0.1% ahead, the GeForce RTX 5080 at 0.6% behind, and the RTX 4080 at 2.8% behind. The Intel Arc A770's nearest rivals include the NVIDIA CMP 90HX at 0.3% behind and the AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 at 0.4% ahead, showing it sits in a slightly higher performance neighborhood than the AMD integrated part.

The data indicates that the Intel Arc A770's advantage is consistent across all three benchmark types, but the magnitude varies. The 37.3% lead in Steel Nomad DX12 points to strong rasterization and memory bandwidth advantages. The 29% OpenCL gap reflects raw compute throughput differences. The 17.1% Vulkan margin shows that the AMD part narrows the gap in APIs that can leverage its architectural strengths, but it still cannot match the Intel card's overall performance. The Intel Arc A770 wins 3 benchmarks to 0, a clean sweep in the recorded data.