AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs Intel Arc A570M Comparison

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 and Intel Arc A570M are both 8 GB mobile-class graphics solutions aimed at different workloads, and the benchmark data reveals a clear split in their respective strengths. The Intel Arc A570M holds the sole head-to-head victory in the available Geekbench OpenCL test, while the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 counters with superior scores in the Metal and Vulkan APIs. Across the aggregate data, both cards land at the 88th percentile of all GPUs, yet their average benchmark scores diverge by only a few percentage points, making the choice heavily dependent on the software environment and API in use.

Where Each One Wins

The Intel Arc A570M wins the only directly comparable benchmark, Geekbench OpenCL, with a score of 58,239 against the Radeon Pro Vega 48’s 53,757. That is a 7.7% advantage for the Intel part, and it places the Arc A570M in the same performance tier as the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (deltaPct -0.3) and the AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM (deltaPct 0.3) in aggregate scoring. For OpenCL-heavy compute workloads—often found in rendering, physics simulation, and some machine-learning inference—the Arc A570M is the stronger option based on this data.

The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48, however, dominates in Apple-centric APIs. Its Geekbench Metal score is 69,010, and its Vulkan score is 57,653; the Arc A570M has no recorded results for either of these tests in the fact pack. This makes the Vega 48 the clear choice for macOS environments where Metal is the primary graphics and compute interface. Its average benchmark score of 60,140 also edges out the Arc A570M’s 58,239, a difference of roughly 3.3%, driven entirely by the AMD card’s strong Metal and Vulkan showings. In practical terms, if you are working in a Metal-only pipeline, the Vega 48 wins outright; if you are in an OpenCL-centric Linux or Windows workflow, the Arc A570M takes the lead.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap between these two GPUs is stark. The Radeon Pro Vega 48 is built on AMD’s GCN 5.0 architecture using a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries, with a massive 495 mm² die containing 12,500 million transistors. The Intel Arc A570M uses the Xe-HPG architecture (Alchemist generation) on a 6 nm TSMC process, packing 11,500 million transistors into a much smaller 269 mm² die. Intel’s transistor density is nearly double that of AMD here: 42.8M per mm² versus 25.3M per mm², reflecting the newer manufacturing node.

Memory configurations also differ fundamentally. The Vega 48 uses 8 GB of HBM2 on a 2048-bit bus, yielding 402.4 GB/s of bandwidth. The Arc A570M uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, with 224.0 GB/s—about 44% less memory bandwidth. That bandwidth deficit is partially mitigated by the Arc’s higher clock speeds: its base is 900 MHz and boost is 1300 MHz, while the Vega 48 has no listed base or boost clocks. The Vega 48’s memory runs at 786 MHz (1572 Mbps effective), whereas the Arc A570M’s memory runs at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective).

Compute unit counts tell a similar story. The Vega 48 has 3072 shading units, 192 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, while the Arc A570M has 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The AMD card’s raw shader count is 50% higher, but it lacks dedicated ray-tracing cores; the Intel part includes 16 RT cores. The Vega 48 does produce higher texture throughput (230.4 GTexel/s vs. 166.4 GTexel/s) and higher FP32 compute (7.373 TFLOPS vs. 5.325 TFLOPS), but the Arc A570M has a higher pixel rate (83.20 GPixel/s vs. 76.80 GPixel/s). API support also differs: the Vega 48 offers DirectX 12 (12_1) and Vulkan 1.3, while the Arc A570M supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, along with hardware ray tracing.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has higher raw compute performance?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48, with 7.373 TFLOPS FP32 and 14.75 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1), compared to the Intel Arc A570M’s 5.325 TFLOPS FP32 and 10.65 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1).

Q: Does the Intel Arc A570M support hardware ray tracing?

A: Yes, it includes 16 dedicated RT cores and supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2). The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 has no RT cores and only supports DirectX 12 (12_1).

Q: Which GPU has higher memory bandwidth?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48, with 402.4 GB/s over a 2048-bit HBM2 interface, versus the Intel Arc A570M’s 224.0 GB/s over a 128-bit GDDR6 interface.

Q: Why does the AMD GPU score higher in some benchmarks despite losing OpenCL?

A: The Vega 48 has significantly higher scores in Geekbench Metal (69,010) and Vulkan (57,653), which are not available for the Arc A570M, raising its average score to 60,140 versus 58,239.

Q: Which GPU is more power-efficient per the data?

A: The Intel Arc A570M has a listed TDP of 75 W, while the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 has no TDP listed in the data, so a direct efficiency comparison cannot be made.

Q: What is the transistor density difference?

A: The Intel Arc A570M has a density of 42.8M transistors per mm² on a 6 nm process, while the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 has 25.3M per mm² on a 14 nm process.

Specification Differences

| Specification | AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 | Intel Arc A570M |

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

| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Xe-HPG |

| Process Node | 14 nm | 6 nm |

| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |

| Transistors | 12,500 million | 11,500 million |

| Die Size | 495 mm² | 269 mm² |

| Transistor Density | 25.3M / mm² | 42.8M / mm² |

| Base Clock | Not listed | 900 MHz |

| Boost Clock | Not listed | 1300 MHz |

| Memory Clock | 786 MHz (1572 Mbps effective) | 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) |

| Memory Type | HBM2 | GDDR6 |

| Memory Bus Width | 2048 bit | 128 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | 402.4 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |

| Shading Units | 3072 | 2048 |

| TMUs | 192 | 128 |

| RT Cores | Not listed | 16 |

| Pixel Rate | 76.80 GPixel/s | 83.20 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 230.4 GTexel/s | 166.4 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 7.373 TFLOPS | 5.325 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 14.75 TFLOPS (2:1) | 10.65 TFLOPS (2:1) |

| TDP | Not listed | 75 W |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |

| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |

| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |

| Release Date | 2019-03-18 | 2023-07-31 |

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

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only direct comparison available is Geekbench OpenCL, where the Intel Arc A570M wins decisively. The Arc A570M scores 58,239 against the Vega 48’s 53,757, a delta of -7.7% for the AMD card. That margin is meaningful in compute workloads: the Arc A570M finishes within 0.3% of the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT in aggregate scoring, while the Vega 48 sits just 0.3% behind the Intel Arc Pro A60 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 in its own nearest-rival list. The Vega 48’s OpenCL result is its weakest of the three recorded benchmarks, trailing its Metal score by 22.1% and its Vulkan score by 6.8%.

The picture changes when looking at non-overlapping benchmarks. The Vega 48’s Metal score of 69,010 is 18.5% higher than its OpenCL result and 19.7% higher than the Arc A570M’s OpenCL score. Its Vulkan score of 57,653 is 7.2% higher than the Arc A570M’s OpenCL score. Since the Arc A570M lacks any Metal or Vulkan entries in the data, the Vega 48 effectively wins those APIs by default. The aggregate average benchmark score reflects this: the Vega 48’s 60,140 is 3.3% higher than the Arc A570M’s 58,239, even though the Arc wins the single shared test. This means the AMD card’s overall standing is buoyed by API-specific strengths that the Intel part does not compete in, while the Intel card’s OpenCL advantage is substantial but isolated in this dataset.