AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT vs Intel Arc A750 Comparison

FAQ

Q: How do the average benchmark scores compare between the Intel Arc A750 and the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT?

A: The Intel Arc A750 records an average benchmark score of 20582, while the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT records 18685. The Arc A750 sits at the 66th percentile of all GPUs, while the Radeon Pro 5700 XT sits at the 63rd percentile.

Q: Which card wins more head-to-head benchmark comparisons?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT wins 5 of the 9 head-to-head tests, while the Intel Arc A750 wins 4. However, the Intel card wins the larger-margin victories in compute and modern API workloads.

Q: What is the biggest performance gap in the head-to-head results?

A: The largest gap is in Geekbench OpenCL, where the Intel Arc A750 scores 98554 versus 59467 for the AMD card, a 65.7% advantage for Intel.

Q: Does the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT have any legacy API advantages?

A: Yes, the AMD card wins in Passmark DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 by 14.5% and 15.3% respectively, showing strength in older workloads.

Q: What memory configuration does each card use?

A: The Intel Arc A750 has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 512.0 GB/s bandwidth, while the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT has 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus with 384.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Architecture Differences

The Intel Arc A750 and AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT represent fundamentally different architectural approaches, built on different process nodes from different generations. Intel uses the Xe-HPG architecture on a 6 nm TSMC process node, part of the Alchemist generation, built around the DG2-512 chip with 21,700 million transistors on a 406 mm² die. AMD uses RDNA 1.0 on a 7 nm TSMC node, part of the Radeon Pro Mac Navi Series generation, built around the Navi 10 chip with 10,300 million transistors on a 251 mm² die. The transistor density is 53.4M per mm² for Intel versus 41.0M per mm² for AMD.

The compute resources differ substantially. The Intel Arc A750 carries 3584 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 112 ROPs, resulting in 17.20 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. The AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT carries 2560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, producing 7.675 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. Intel also includes 28 dedicated ray tracing cores, while the AMD card has no dedicated RT cores. The pixel rate for Intel is 268.8 GPixel/s versus 95.94 GPixel/s for AMD, and texture rates are 537.6 GTexel/s versus 239.8 GTexel/s.

Feature support also diverges. Intel lists DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) support, while AMD lists DirectX 12 (12_1). Both support OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4. The Intel card supports 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 2.0 outputs, while the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT has no display outputs, functioning as an integrated GPU solution for Mac systems.

Power characteristics differ notably. Intel lists a 225 W TDP with a 550 W suggested PSU and two power connectors, while AMD lists a 130 W TDP with a 300 W suggested PSU and no power connectors. The AMD card is listed as an IGP slot width, while Intel is dual-slot.

Where Each One Wins

The Intel Arc A750 dominates in compute-heavy and modern graphics workloads. Its 17.20 FP32 TFLOPS roughly doubles the AMD card's 7.675 TFLOPS, and this shows in Geekbench OpenCL where Intel leads by 65.7%. The Arc A750 also wins in Geekbench Vulkan by 51.3%, indicating strong performance in current-generation APIs. In DirectX 12, the Intel card leads by 18.6%, and in DirectX 9 by 18.3%. The presence of dedicated ray tracing cores gives it an architectural edge for workloads that leverage hardware-accelerated ray tracing.

The AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT wins in several legacy and 2D-oriented tests. It leads in Passmark DirectX 10 by 14.5% and DirectX 11 by 15.3%, suggesting better optimization for older API code paths. It also wins in Passmark G2D by 9.6% and in Passmark GPU Compute by 7.2%. The AMD card's most decisive advantage is in the closest head-to-head result: Passmark G3D, where it edges out the Intel card by just 0.1% with scores of 12547 versus 12534.

For users running applications that favor OpenCL compute or modern Vulkan and DirectX 12 workloads, the Intel Arc A750 is the stronger choice. For legacy DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 titles, or for 2D desktop workloads, the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT holds the advantage. The AMD card also offers double the memory capacity with 16 GB versus 8 GB, which may matter in memory-intensive workloads.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every major specification category. The Intel Arc A750 uses the DG2-512 chip on a 6 nm process, while the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT uses Navi 10 on a 7 nm process. Intel's die is 406 mm² versus 251 mm² for AMD, with 21,700 million transistors versus 10,300 million. Clock speeds differ significantly: Intel runs a base clock of 2050 MHz and a boost of 2400 MHz, while AMD runs 1243 MHz base and 1499 MHz boost. Memory clocks also differ at 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) for Intel versus 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) for AMD.

Memory capacity is a major differentiator: 8 GB on Intel versus 16 GB on AMD. Both use GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, but Intel achieves 512.0 GB/s bandwidth versus 384.0 GB/s for AMD. The shading unit count is 3584 for Intel versus 2560 for AMD, with TMU counts of 224 versus 160 and ROP counts of 112 versus 64. Intel includes 28 RT cores, AMD has none. FP32 compute is 17.20 TFLOPS versus 7.675 TFLOPS.

Power and physical specifications diverge completely. Intel lists a 225 W TDP with 1x 6-pin plus 1x 8-pin power connectors and a 550 W suggested PSU, while AMD lists a 130 W TDP with no power connectors and a 300 W suggested PSU. Intel is dual-slot with display outputs, AMD is an IGP with no outputs. Release dates differ as well: Intel launched on 2022-10-11, AMD on 2020-08-03. The Intel card has a launch MSRP of 289 USD, while the AMD card has no recorded launch MSRP.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The Geekbench OpenCL test delivers the most decisive result in this comparison. The Intel Arc A750 scores 98554 against 59467 for the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT, a 65.7% margin. This aligns with the raw compute advantage, as Intel's 17.20 FP32 TFLOPS versus 7.675 FP32 TFLOPS suggests a roughly 2.2x theoretical compute gap.

Geekbench Vulkan shows a similar trend. Intel scores 85631 versus 56593 for AMD, a 51.3% lead. This indicates that in Vulkan-based workloads, the Intel architecture extracts significantly more performance from its hardware resources.

Modern DirectX 12 results also favor Intel, with a score of 70 versus 59, a 18.6% advantage. DirectX 9 shows Intel ahead at 181 versus 153, an 18.3% margin. These results suggest that Intel's hardware handles both current and legacy DirectX compute paths well, at least in these benchmark implementations.

The AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT counters in legacy DirectX tests. In Passmark DirectX 10, AMD scores 76 versus 65 for Intel, a 14.5% edge. Passmark DirectX 11 shows AMD at 85 versus 72, a 15.3% advantage. These are the largest wins for the AMD card in the head-to-head set.

The closest result comes in Passmark G3D, where AMD scores 12547 and Intel scores 12534, a razor-thin 0.1% margin. This near-parity in a general 3D graphics benchmark suggests that for typical gaming-style workloads, the two cards land in the same performance tier despite their architectural differences.

Passmark G2D shows AMD ahead at 810 versus 732, a 9.6% lead, indicating better 2D performance characteristics. Passmark GPU Compute gives AMD the win at 5787 versus 5368, a 7.2% margin, which is notable because Intel wins the OpenCL compute test by a wide margin while AMD wins the Passmark compute test. The Passmark compute score reflects a different workload mix than Geekbench OpenCL.

Overall, the head-to-head record shows a split: Intel wins the high-margin modern API and compute tests, while AMD wins several lower-margin legacy and 2D tests. The average benchmark scores of 20582 for Intel versus 18685 for AMD place the Intel card about 10.2% higher overall, though the AMD card's nearest rival comparisons show it trading within a tight band around cards like the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 and NVIDIA Tesla K80.