AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X vs Intel Arc Pro A60 Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records one direct head-to-head comparison between these two workstation-class GPUs: the Geekbench OpenCL test. In that measurement, the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X scores 78,467 points, while the Intel Arc Pro A60 scores 63,485 points. This gives AMD a decisive 23.6% advantage in raw compute throughput, a substantial margin that places the Vega 64X firmly ahead of the Intel part in general-purpose GPU compute workloads.

The overall average benchmark score further underscores the gap. The AMD card averages 80,959 points across all recorded tests, while the Intel Arc Pro A60 averages 60,326 points. That is a 34.2% difference in average score, though the comparison is complicated by the fact that the two GPUs were tested under different benchmark suites. The AMD part has recorded results in Geekbench Metal (83,450 points) and Geekbench OpenCL (78,467 points), whereas the Intel part has results in Geekbench OpenCL (63,485 points) and Geekbench Vulkan (57,166 points). The only directly comparable metric is OpenCL, where AMD leads by the 23.6% figure already noted.

Looking at the percentile rankings, the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X sits in the 92nd percentile of all GPUs in the database, while the Intel Arc Pro A60 sits in the 88th percentile. This four-point percentile difference reflects the performance separation between the two cards, though both are firmly in the upper tier of the database. The AMD card's average score places it near the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (79,842 points, a 1.4% deficit for AMD), while the Intel card's average score places it alongside the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (60,347 points, a 0% delta) and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 (60,140 points, a 0.3% deficit for Intel). This is an interesting positioning: the Vega 64X competes with flagship consumer and data-center GPUs from the same era, while the Arc Pro A60 sits closer to mid-range workstation parts.

The head-to-head win tally is one win for AMD, zero for Intel. There are no benchmark categories where the Intel Arc Pro A60 records a higher score than the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X in the database. However, the Intel card does have a Vulkan result (57,166 points) that has no direct AMD counterpart in the recorded data, so the Vulkan API performance cannot be directly compared.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X wins in OpenCL compute, which is the only shared benchmark category. Its 78,467 OpenCL score versus Intel's 63,485 represents a 23.6% advantage. This makes the AMD card the clear choice for workloads that rely on OpenCL acceleration, such as scientific computing, data processing, and certain rendering tasks. The AMD card also has a Metal benchmark result (83,450 points), which is relevant for macOS environments given its "Radeon Pro Mac (Vega Series)" generation designation. The Metal score is actually higher than its OpenCL score, suggesting that the card performs particularly well in Apple's graphics API.

The Intel Arc Pro A60, while losing the OpenCL comparison, has strengths in other areas that are not directly comparable. Its Vulkan score of 57,166 points indicates that it has its own API optimization story, and the card supports Vulkan 1.4, which is a newer specification version than the AMD card's Vulkan 1.3. For workloads that are optimized for Vulkan, the Intel card may be competitive, but the database does not include a Vulkan score for the AMD part to make a direct comparison.

The use-case split is therefore fairly straightforward: AMD dominates in compute-heavy OpenCL tasks and has a strong Metal showing for Apple ecosystem workflows; Intel has a Vulkan advantage in terms of API support and a lower power envelope (130 W TDP versus 250 W for AMD) that could make it more suitable for compact or power-constrained systems. The Intel card also has ray tracing support (16 RT cores), which the AMD card lacks entirely, making the Intel part the better choice for ray-traced rendering workloads that can leverage those cores.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs represent fundamentally different architectural generations and design philosophies. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X is built on the Vega 10 chip using the GCN 5.0 architecture, manufactured on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. The chip contains 12,500 million transistors on a 495 mm² die, giving it a transistor density of 25.3 million transistors per mm². This is a large, power-hungry design typical of the GCN era, with a 250 W TDP.

The Intel Arc Pro A60 uses the DG2-256 chip with the Xe-HPG architecture, manufactured on a 6 nm process at TSMC. It contains 11,500 million transistors on a 269 mm² die, which is significantly smaller than the AMD chip but achieves a much higher transistor density of 42.8 million transistors per mm². The Intel chip is noticeably more efficient in terms of density, and its 130 W TDP reflects the architectural and process advantages of a newer design.

In terms of compute resources, the AMD card has 4,096 shading units, 256 texture mapping units, and 64 render output units. The Intel card has half the shading units (2,048) but the same number of ROPs (64), with 128 TMUs. Despite having fewer shading units, the Intel card achieves a higher pixel rate (131.2 GPixel/s versus 93.95 GPixel/s for AMD) due to its much higher boost clock of 2050 MHz versus 1468 MHz for AMD. However, AMD wins in texture rate (375.8 GTexel/s versus 262.4 GTexel/s) and FP32 throughput (12.03 TFLOPS versus 8.397 TFLOPS).

The Intel card includes 16 dedicated ray tracing cores, a feature completely absent from the AMD Vega 10 architecture. This is a critical architectural difference: the Intel card is designed for modern real-time ray tracing workloads, while the AMD card predates that technology. The AMD card does have a higher FP16 throughput at 24.05 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio) versus Intel's 16.79 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio), which matters for workloads that can use half-precision arithmetic.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every major specification category. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X has a base clock of 1250 MHz and a boost clock of 1468 MHz, while the Intel Arc Pro A60 has a base clock of 900 MHz and a much higher boost clock of 2050 MHz. Memory configurations are also very different: AMD uses 16 GB of HBM2 on a 2048-bit bus with 512.0 GB/s bandwidth, while Intel uses 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 384.0 GB/s bandwidth. The AMD card's memory clock is 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective), while Intel's is 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective).

The AMD card has 4,096 shading units versus 2,048 for Intel, 256 TMUs versus 128, and both have 64 ROPs. The AMD card has no ray tracing cores, while Intel has 16. Pixel rate favors Intel (131.2 GPixel/s versus 93.95 GPixel/s), as does boost clock, but AMD leads in texture rate (375.8 GTexel/s versus 262.4 GTexel/s), FP32 (12.03 TFLOPS versus 8.397 TFLOPS), and FP16 (24.05 TFLOPS versus 16.79 TFLOPS).

Power consumption differs substantially: AMD is rated at 250 W TDP, while Intel is rated at 130 W TDP. The Intel card has a suggested PSU rating of 300 W, while no PSU recommendation is recorded for AMD. The AMD card is an integrated graphics processor (IGP) with no power connectors and its display outputs are "Portable Device Dependent," indicating it is designed for laptop or all-in-one systems. The Intel card is a single-slot standalone card with 4x DisplayPort 2.0 outputs. The AMD card uses PCIe 3.0 x16, while Intel uses PCIe 4.0 x16.

API support also differs: AMD supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3. Intel supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The Intel card has the newer DirectX feature level and Vulkan version. The AMD card was released on 2019-03-18 and is end-of-life, while the Intel card was released on 2023-06-05 and is still active in production.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has higher raw compute performance?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X delivers 12.03 TFLOPS FP32 and 24.05 TFLOPS FP16, versus 8.397 TFLOPS FP32 and 16.79 TFLOPS FP16 for the Intel Arc Pro A60. In OpenCL benchmarks, AMD scores 78,467 versus 63,485 for Intel, a 23.6% advantage.

Q: Does the Intel Arc Pro A60 support ray tracing?

A: Yes, the Intel card has 16 dedicated ray tracing cores. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64X has no ray tracing cores at all, making the Intel card the only option for hardware-accelerated ray tracing between these two.

Q: How do their memory configurations compare?

A: AMD uses 16 GB of HBM2 on a 2048-bit bus with 512.0 GB/s bandwidth. Intel uses 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 384.0 GB/s bandwidth. AMD has both more memory and higher bandwidth, though Intel's memory runs at a much higher effective speed of 16 Gbps versus 2 Gbps for AMD.

Q: Which card is more power-efficient?

A: The Intel Arc Pro A60 has a 130 W TDP, nearly half the AMD card's 250 W TDP. Intel also specifies a 300 W suggested PSU, while AMD has no PSU recommendation recorded. This makes Intel the clear choice for power-constrained systems.

Q: What are their API capabilities?

A: AMD supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3. Intel supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. Intel has the newer DirectX feature level and Vulkan version.

Q: How do their production statuses and release dates differ?

A: The AMD card was released on 2019-03-18 and is end-of-life. The Intel card was released on 2023-06-05 and is still active in production. Intel's card is also a newer design on a 6 nm TSMC process, versus AMD's 14 nm GlobalFoundries process.