AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X vs Intel Arc A570M Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded database includes a single shared benchmark between the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X and the Intel Arc A570M: Geekbench OpenCL. The results are not close. The AMD part scores 78,467 points, while the Intel part scores 58,239 points. That works out to a 34.7% advantage for the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X, a decisive margin in raw compute throughput.

Looking at the broader context, the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X sits at the 92nd percentile among all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 80,959. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon PRO W6600 at 81,995 (1.3% higher), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 at 79,842 (1.4% lower), and the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB at 79,605 (1.7% lower). The Vega 64X essentially trades blows with some of the most capable accelerators in the database, coming within a couple of percentage points of each. It is also within 2% of the Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB, which scores 79,396.

The Intel Arc A570M, by contrast, lands at the 88th percentile with an average benchmark score of 58,239. Its nearest rivals are clustered extremely tightly around it: the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT scores 58,392 (0.3% higher), the AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM scores 58,085 (0.3% lower), the NVIDIA P102-100 scores 58,528 (0.5% higher), and the AMD Radeon PRO V710 scores 58,657 (0.7% higher). The Arc A570M is effectively in a dead heat with its immediate peers, none of which are more than a fraction of a percent away in either direction.

The head-to-head result tells a clear story: the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X leads by 34.7% in Geekbench OpenCL, and that is the only direct comparison available in the database. The Intel part has no recorded Geekbench Metal score, while the AMD part posts 83,450 in that test, but there is no equivalent Intel number to compare against. For the single metric where both are measured, the AMD part wins outright.

What does the 34.7% delta mean in practical terms? It places the two GPUs in different performance tiers entirely. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X is competing with high-end workstation and flagship consumer cards, while the Intel Arc A570M is competing with mid-range desktop parts, including the RX 6950 XT, which is a notable comparison given that the Intel mobile chip nearly matches a previous-generation flagship desktop card in this particular workload. However, the gap between the two products in this comparison is far larger than any of the gaps within their respective rival clusters.

The data also shows that the AMD part's average score of 80,959 is 39.1% higher than the Intel part's average of 58,239. Even accounting for the fact that the AMD card has two benchmark entries in the database and the Intel card has only one, the central tendency is unmistakable. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X outperforms the Intel Arc A570M by a wide margin in every metric where both have recorded data.

The Verdict

The choice between these two GPUs, strictly from the recorded data, depends on what the workload demands. For raw compute performance, the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X is the clear pick. It delivers 34.7% higher Geekbench OpenCL performance than the Intel Arc A570M, and its 92nd percentile standing among all GPUs places it well above the Intel part's 88th percentile. The AMD card also holds its own against much newer and more expensive hardware, coming within 1.4% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and 1.3% of the AMD Radeon PRO W6600.

The Intel Arc A570M, however, is not without arguments in its favor. It is an active product, while the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X is end-of-life. The Intel part also consumes far less power: 75 W versus 250 W, a difference of 175 W. For mobile implementations, where thermal headroom and battery life are paramount, that power gap is substantial. The Intel card is also built on a much newer process node, 6 nm versus 14 nm, which contributes to its efficiency profile.

The AMD part has 16 GB of HBM2 memory with a 2048-bit bus and 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The Intel part has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The AMD card offers double the memory capacity and roughly 2.3 times the memory bandwidth. For large datasets, particularly in compute or content creation workloads, that memory advantage is likely to matter more than the raw compute delta alone.

The Intel Arc A570M counters with dedicated ray tracing hardware: 16 RT cores, a feature the Vega 10 chip entirely lacks. It also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), whereas the AMD card is limited to DirectX 12 (12_1). For modern gaming workloads that leverage ray tracing or DirectX 12 Ultimate features, the Intel part has a feature-set advantage that no amount of raw compute on the AMD side can replicate.

The verdict, then, is split by use case. Users who need maximum compute throughput, large memory capacity, and high memory bandwidth should choose the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X. Its 34.7% lead in the shared benchmark is decisive, and its rival cluster includes some of the most powerful GPUs in the database. Users who need ray tracing support, DirectX 12 Ultimate compliance, lower power draw, and an active production status should choose the Intel Arc A570M. Its performance is competitive with its own peer group, and its feature set is more modern.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from fundamentally different architectural lineages. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X uses the Vega 10 chip built on GCN 5.0 architecture, manufactured on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. The Intel Arc A570M uses the DG2-256 chip built on Xe-HPG architecture, manufactured on a 6 nm process at TSMC. The process node difference is stark: 14 nm versus 6 nm. That translates into a significant transistor density advantage for the Intel part, 42.8 million transistors per square millimeter versus 25.3 million for the AMD chip.

Despite the density advantage, the Intel chip packs fewer total transistors: 11,500 million versus 12,500 million for the AMD part. The die sizes tell a complementary story. The AMD Vega 10 die measures 495 mm², while the Intel DG2-256 die measures 269 mm². The AMD chip is roughly 1.8 times larger in physical area, which is consistent with its older process node and larger memory bus implementation.

The compute architecture differs sharply. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X deploys 4096 shading units, 256 texture mapping units, and 64 raster operation pipelines. The Intel Arc A570M uses 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The AMD part has exactly double the shading units and double the TMUs, while both cards share the same ROP count of 64. That structural difference explains much of the performance gap in the benchmark data.

The Intel part introduces dedicated ray tracing cores, 16 in total, which the AMD part does not have at all. The AMD GPU has no RT cores, no tensor cores, and no equivalent hardware acceleration for these specialized workloads. The Intel GPU also lists no tensor cores, so that particular feature is absent from both.

Raw throughput figures reinforce the architectural split. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X delivers 12.03 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 24.05 TFLOPS of FP16 performance at a 2:1 ratio. The Intel Arc A570M delivers 5.325 TFLOPS of FP32 and 10.65 TFLOPS of FP16, also at a 2:1 ratio. The AMD part is more than twice as fast in both precision formats. Pixel fill rates are closer: 93.95 GPixel/s for AMD versus 83.20 GPixel/s for Intel, a 12.9% advantage for the AMD card. Texture fill rates differ more dramatically: 375.8 GTexel/s for AMD versus 166.4 GTexel/s for Intel, a 125.8% advantage for the AMD part.

Both GPUs are listed with an integrated form factor (IGP slot width) and portable-device-dependent display outputs, indicating that neither is a standard add-in card. Both support OpenGL 4.6. The AMD card supports Vulkan 1.3, while the Intel card supports Vulkan 1.4, a newer specification revision. The Intel card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the AMD card supports DirectX 12 (12_1), one feature level lower.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every specification category in the database. The most consequential differences are as follows.

Memory: The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X ships with 16 GB of HBM2 on a 2048-bit bus, delivering 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The Intel Arc A570M ships with 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 224.0 GB/s. The AMD card has double the capacity, 16 times the bus width (2048 bit versus 128 bit), and roughly 2.3 times the bandwidth.

Clocks: The AMD part has a base clock of 1250 MHz and a boost clock of 1468 MHz. The Intel part has a base clock of 900 MHz and a boost clock of 1300 MHz. The memory clocks also differ: the AMD card runs at 1000 MHz with 2 Gbps effective data rate, while the Intel card runs at 1750 MHz with 14 Gbps effective data rate. The Intel memory clock is higher, but the narrower bus negates that advantage.

Power: The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X has a TDP of 250 W and no power connectors listed. The Intel Arc A570M has a TDP of 75 W. The difference is 175 W, a substantial gap that favors the Intel part in thermal and power-constrained environments.

Interface: The AMD card uses PCIe 3.0 x16, while the Intel card uses PCIe 4.0 x8. The newer PCIe standard on the Intel side provides higher per-lane bandwidth, but the AMD card has more lanes available.

Process and foundry: AMD uses GlobalFoundries at 14 nm, Intel uses TSMC at 6 nm.

Transistors: AMD packs 12,500 million transistors on a 495 mm² die, Intel packs 11,500 million on a 269 mm² die.

Compute units: The AMD card has 4096 shading units, 256 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The Intel card has 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The AMD card has 16 RT cores; the Intel card has none.

Release and status: The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X was released on 2019-03-18 and is end-of-life. The Intel Arc A570M was released on 2023-07-31 and is active. Neither product has a launch MSRP recorded in the database.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in the shared benchmark?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X wins the only head-to-head test, Geekbench OpenCL, with a score of 78,467 versus 58,239 for the Intel Arc A570M. That is a 34.7% advantage for the AMD part.

Q: How does each GPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X has an average benchmark score of 80,959, placing it within 1.3% of the AMD Radeon PRO W6600 and 1.4% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. The Intel Arc A570M has an average score of 58,239, placing it within 0.3% of the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and 0.3% of the AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM.

Q: Which GPU has more memory and bandwidth?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X has 16 GB of HBM2 on a 2048-bit bus with 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The Intel Arc A570M has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

Q: Does the Intel Arc A570M support ray tracing?

A: Yes. The Intel Arc A570M has 16 RT cores and supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2). The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X has no RT cores and supports DirectX 12 (12_1).

Q: How do the power requirements differ?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X has a TDP of 250 W. The Intel Arc A570M has a TDP of 75 W. The Intel part draws 175 W less.

Q: Which GPU is currently in production?

A: The Intel Arc A570M is active. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X is end-of-life.