AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 vs Intel Arc A570M Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The direct comparison between these two GPUs is limited to a single shared benchmark in the database: Geekbench OpenCL. In that test, the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 records a score of 69,774, while the Intel Arc A570M posts 58,239. That translates to a 19.8% advantage for the AMD card, a substantial margin that places the two products in different performance tiers despite both being positioned as mid-range to high-end offerings in their respective segments.

Looking at the broader database context, the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 holds an average benchmark score of 69,870 across all recorded tests, which places it in the 90th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals in the database include the NVIDIA Quadro P6000 with an average score of 69,986 (a 0.2% gap), the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile at 70,140 (0.4% behind), and the AMD Radeon RX 6600 LE at 70,829 (1.4% behind). The only competitor it beats among its closest neighbors is the NVIDIA CMP 90HX at 69,000, a 1.3% advantage. These figures show the WX 8200 sitting in a very tight cluster of high-end graphics cards, where the differences between adjacent products are often within measurement noise.

The Intel Arc A570M, by contrast, averages 58,239 across its recorded benchmarks, landing in the 88th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT at 58,392 (0.3% ahead), the AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM at 58,085 (0.3% behind), the NVIDIA P102-100 at 58,528 (0.5% ahead), and the AMD Radeon PRO V710 at 58,657 (0.7% ahead). The Intel part therefore sits in a different performance neighborhood entirely, roughly 19.8% below the AMD workstation card in the one benchmark where they can be directly compared.

It is worth remembering the Intel Arc A570M has only one benchmark entry in the database, the Geekbench OpenCL result, while the AMD card has three entries including Geekbench Metal and Vulkan tests. This asymmetry means the average score for Intel is based on a single data point, whereas the AMD average reflects a broader set of workloads. The 19.8% delta in OpenCL is the only head-to-head data available, and it consistently favors the AMD part.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 wins the only direct benchmark comparison in the database, taking the Geekbench OpenCL test by 19.8%. Beyond that single result, its additional benchmark entries for Metal and Vulkan (70,759 and 69,076 respectively) show that the card delivers consistent performance across multiple compute APIs. The Metal score is actually its highest recorded result, slightly above its OpenCL figure, suggesting the architecture handles Apple's compute framework particularly well. The Vulkan score trails the Metal result by about 2.4% but remains close to the OpenCL number, indicating stable cross-API behavior.

The Intel Arc A570M has no recorded wins in the head-to-head comparison, as the database shows one win for AMD and zero for Intel. However, its position in the 88th percentile of all GPUs still indicates a capable mobile part. The Intel card's nearest rival comparisons show it trading blows with desktop parts like the RX 6950 XT (0.3% behind) and the RX 5600 OEM (0.3% ahead), which suggests it performs competitively within its own performance class even if it cannot match the AMD workstation card.

For use cases, the data suggests the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 is the stronger choice for compute-heavy professional workloads, particularly those that leverage OpenCL, Metal, or Vulkan. Its consistent scores across all three APIs make it a versatile option for developers or researchers who need predictable performance regardless of the compute framework. The Intel Arc A570M, with its single recorded benchmark, appears better suited for scenarios where power efficiency and portability matter more than raw compute throughput, though the database does not include additional workloads to confirm this interpretation.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from fundamentally different design philosophies and manufacturing processes. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 uses the Vega 10 chip built on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries, featuring 12,500 million transistors on a 495 mm² die. This yields a transistor density of 25.3 million transistors per square millimeter. The architecture is GCN 5.0, part of the Radeon Pro Polaris generation, and the card was released in August 2018 with an end-of-life production status.

The Intel Arc A570M uses the DG2-256 chip built on a 6 nm process at TSMC, packing 11,500 million transistors onto a much smaller 269 mm² die. This gives it a significantly higher transistor density of 42.8 million transistors per square millimeter, reflecting the more advanced manufacturing node. The architecture is Xe-HPG under the Alchemist generation for mobile Arc 5 products, and the part was released in July 2023 with an active production status.

Memory configurations differ substantially. The AMD card uses 8 GB of HBM2 with a 2048-bit bus and 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth, while the Intel part uses 8 GB of GDDR6 with a 128-bit bus and 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The AMD card's memory bandwidth is more than double that of the Intel part, a direct consequence of the wide HBM2 interface versus the narrower GDDR6 setup. The memory clocks also differ: AMD runs at 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective), while Intel runs at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective), but the effective bandwidth advantage still goes decisively to AMD.

Compute resources show a similar disparity. The AMD card has 3,584 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output units. The Intel part has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. This gives the AMD card a 75% advantage in shading units and a 75% advantage in TMUs, while ROP counts are identical. The Intel card does include 16 ray tracing cores, a feature the AMD card lacks entirely, reflecting the generational gap between the two designs.

Clock speeds and power characteristics also diverge. The AMD card has a base clock of 1200 MHz and a boost clock of 1500 MHz, with a TDP of 230 W. The Intel part runs at 900 MHz base and 1300 MHz boost, with a much lower TDP of 75 W. The AMD card requires a 550 W suggested power supply and uses 1x 6-pin plus 1x 8-pin power connectors, while the Intel mobile part has no power connector specifications and no suggested PSU, consistent with its integrated form factor. The AMD card is dual-slot with dimensions of 267 mm by 111 mm, while the Intel part is classified as IGP (integrated graphics processor) with no dimensions recorded.

The AMD card also supports PCIe 3.0 x16, while the Intel part uses PCIe 4.0 x8. Display outputs differ as well: AMD provides 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a, while Intel's outputs are listed as portable device dependent.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 has an average benchmark score of 69,870, while the Intel Arc A570M averages 58,239. This represents a 19.8% difference in favor of AMD based on the head-to-head OpenCL result.

Q: What is the performance percentile ranking for each GPU?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 sits in the 90th percentile of all GPUs, while the Intel Arc A570M sits in the 88th percentile. Despite the percentile gap appearing small, the actual score difference is nearly 12,000 points.

Q: How does the memory bandwidth compare between the two cards?

A: The AMD card offers 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth using HBM2 with a 2048-bit bus, while the Intel card provides 224.0 GB/s over GDDR6 with a 128-bit bus. AMD's bandwidth advantage exceeds a factor of two.

Q: Does the Intel Arc A570M support ray tracing?

A: Yes, the Intel card includes 16 ray tracing cores. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 has no ray tracing cores, as its GCN 5.0 architecture predates hardware ray tracing support.

Q: What is the TDP difference between the two GPUs?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 has a TDP of 230 W, while the Intel Arc A570M has a TDP of 75 W. The Intel part consumes roughly one-third the power of the AMD card.

Q: Which GPU was released more recently?

A: The Intel Arc A570M was released in July 2023 and remains in active production, while the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 was released in August 2018 and is now end-of-life.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every specification category in the database. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 uses a Vega 10 chip on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries, while the Intel Arc A570M uses a DG2-256 chip on a 6 nm process at TSMC. Transistor counts are close at 12,500 million for AMD and 11,500 million for Intel, but the die sizes diverge sharply: 495 mm² for AMD versus 269 mm² for Intel. This yields transistor densities of 25.3 million per mm² for AMD and 42.8 million per mm² for Intel.

Clock specifications show AMD running at 1200 MHz base and 1500 MHz boost, while Intel runs at 900 MHz base and 1300 MHz boost. Memory clocks are 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective) for AMD versus 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) for Intel. Both cards have 8 GB of memory, but AMD uses HBM2 with a 2048-bit bus and 512.0 GB/s bandwidth, while Intel uses GDDR6 with a 128-bit bus and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Compute unit counts favor AMD: 3,584 shading units versus 2,048, and 224 TMUs versus 128. Both have 64 ROPs. The Intel card has 16 ray tracing cores, which AMD lacks. Pixel rates are close at 96.00 GPixel/s for AMD and 83.20 GPixel/s for Intel, but texture rates differ more substantially at 336.0 GTexel/s for AMD versus 166.4 GTexel/s for Intel. FP32 performance is 10.75 TFLOPS for AMD versus 5.325 TFLOPS for Intel, and FP16 is 21.50 TFLOPS versus 10.65 TFLOPS respectively.

Power requirements differ dramatically: AMD has a 230 W TDP, a dual-slot form factor, 1x 6-pin plus 1x 8-pin power connectors, and a 550 W suggested PSU. Intel has a 75 W TDP, IGP form factor, no power connectors, and no suggested PSU. Bus interfaces are PCIe 3.0 x16 for AMD and PCIe 4.0 x8 for Intel. Display outputs are 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a for AMD and portable device dependent for Intel. API support differs in DirectX: AMD supports DirectX 12 (12_1), while Intel supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2). Vulkan versions also differ at 1.3 for AMD and 1.4 for Intel. The AMD card measures 267 mm by 111 mm, while the Intel part has no recorded dimensions. Production status is end-of-life for AMD and active for Intel. Release dates are August 2018 for AMD and July 2023 for Intel. The AMD card has a launch MSRP of 999 USD, while Intel has no launch MSRP recorded.