AMD Radeon RX 590 GME vs Intel Arc Pro A30M Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only directly comparable benchmark in the data is Geekbench OpenCL, and the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME takes it decisively. It scores 36,294 against the Intel Arc Pro A30M’s 31,894, a 13.8% advantage. That is not a marginal win; it is a solid margin that puts the AMD card in a different performance tier for compute-style workloads that use OpenCL.

Look at where each card sits among its closest rivals to understand what those scores mean. The RX 590 GME’s average benchmark score is 32,601, which places it just 0.2% above the AMD FirePro S9300 X2 (32,540) and 0.4% above the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE (32,456). It also trails the NVIDIA T600 Mobile (32,849) by only 0.8%. The picture here is of a card that is right in the middle of a tight cluster — nothing separates these GPUs by more than a point or two in aggregate scoring. The Intel Arc Pro A30M, with an average score of 31,894, sits slightly below that cluster. It is 0.7% ahead of the NVIDIA TITAN RTX (31,676) and 1.1% ahead of the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell (31,532), but it falls 0.9% behind the AMD Radeon Pro 570X (32,176) and 1.5% behind the AMD FirePro S10000 (32,388). So while the Intel part is competitive with its own set of rivals, the RX 590 GME is operating against a higher baseline.

The single head-to-head result tells a clear story: in OpenCL, the AMD card wins outright. The RX 590 GME also holds a 77th percentile ranking among all GPUs, versus the Arc Pro A30M’s 76th. That one-percentile gap is small, but it aligns with the 13.8% OpenCL delta. The data does not show a single benchmark where the Intel part beats the AMD part. Wins are 1-0 in favor of AMD, and there is no countervailing test in the pack to suggest the Arc Pro A30M has a hidden strength in another workload.

It is worth noting the scale of the AMD win. A 13.8% lead in OpenCL is roughly the same order of magnitude as the entire gap between the RX 590 GME and its nearest rival, the FirePro S9300 X2 (0.2%). In other words, the difference between these two cards is far larger than the difference between the RX 590 GME and any of its closest competitors. That puts the Intel part in a different league for this specific benchmark, even though both cards land within one percentile of each other globally.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME wins in raw compute throughput. Its FP32 performance is 6.543 TFLOPS, which is 60% higher than the Intel Arc Pro A30M’s 4.096 TFLOPS. That advantage shows up directly in the OpenCL score, where the AMD card leads by 13.8%. The RX 590 GME also has more shading units (2,304 versus 1,024), more texture mapping units (144 versus 64), and double the memory bandwidth (256.0 GB/s versus 128.0 GB/s). For any workload that scales with shader count or memory bandwidth — think traditional rasterization, texture-heavy scenes, or compute kernels that feed on bandwidth — the AMD card has the structural advantage.

The Intel Arc Pro A30M wins in efficiency and modern feature support, even if it does not win any benchmark in the pack. Its TDP is 50 W, versus 175 W for the AMD card. That is a 125 W difference, and it means the Intel part can run in systems where the AMD card simply will not fit thermally or electrically. The Arc Pro A30M also draws power from the slot with no external power connectors, while the RX 590 GME requires a single 8-pin connector and a 450 W suggested PSU. The Intel card is a portable-device-dependent part with no specified dimensions, which tells you it is designed for mobile or compact form factors where the 241 mm, dual-slot AMD card is impractical.

Clock speeds tell a similar story. The Intel part boosts to 2000 MHz, which is 580 MHz higher than the AMD card’s 1420 MHz boost. That high clock does not overcome the AMD card’s raw resource advantage in the single benchmark, but it does suggest that the Intel part can punch above its weight in lightly-threaded or latency-sensitive tasks. The Intel card also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the AMD card is limited to DirectX 12 (12_0). That means the Intel part has access to features like ray tracing (it has 8 dedicated RT cores) and other DX12 Ultimate features that the AMD card cannot accelerate in hardware. The AMD card has no RT cores at all.

The Verdict

Pick the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME if you need maximum compute performance in a desktop system with room for a dual-slot, 175 W card. The data is unambiguous: it beats the Intel Arc Pro A30M by 13.8% in the only shared benchmark, and it has higher FP32 throughput, more memory bandwidth, and double the VRAM (8 GB versus 4 GB). Its 77th percentile ranking also edges out the Intel part’s 76th. If you are building a stationary rig and the workload is OpenCL-heavy, the RX 590 GME is the stronger choice.

Pick the Intel Arc Pro A30M if your priority is fitting a GPU into a low-power mobile or compact system. Its 50 W TDP, lack of external power connectors, and portable-device-dependent display outputs make it a different class of product. It also offers DirectX 12 Ultimate support and 8 RT cores, which the AMD card cannot match. The benchmark gap is real, but it is a 13.8% difference — not a chasm. For workloads that use ray tracing or DX12 Ultimate features, the Intel part has capabilities the AMD card lacks entirely. The Intel card’s 76th percentile also shows it is not a slouch; it sits within 0.7% of the NVIDIA TITAN RTX in average score.

The data does not support picking the Intel part for raw performance. It loses the only head-to-head test and has lower specs across nearly every compute metric. But the data also does not support recommending the AMD card for anything that is not a desktop with available power headroom. These are two different tools for two different jobs.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME, with an average score of 32,601, versus 31,894 for the Intel Arc Pro A30M.

Q: How much faster is the AMD card in OpenCL?

A: The RX 590 GME scores 36,294 against the Arc Pro A30M’s 31,894 in Geekbench OpenCL, a 13.8% advantage.

Q: Does the Intel Arc Pro A30M support ray tracing?

A: Yes, it has 8 dedicated RT cores and supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2). The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME has no RT cores and is limited to DirectX 12 (12_0).

Q: What is the memory configuration difference?

A: The AMD card has 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus with 256.0 GB/s bandwidth. The Intel card has 4 GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus with 128.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Which card uses less power?

A: The Intel Arc Pro A30M has a 50 W TDP and requires no external power connectors. The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME has a 175 W TDP and requires a single 8-pin connector and a 450 W suggested PSU.

Q: How do these cards compare to their nearest rivals?

A: The RX 590 GME is 0.2% ahead of the AMD FirePro S9300 X2 and 0.4% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE. The Arc Pro A30M is 0.7% ahead of the NVIDIA TITAN RTX and 1.1% ahead of the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell.

Architecture Differences

The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME is built on the Polaris 20 chip using GCN 4.0 architecture, fabricated on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. It packs 5,700 million transistors into a 232 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 24.6M per mm². GCN 4.0 is a mature, proven design from the Polaris generation, with a 1:1 FP16 to FP32 ratio — both are 6.543 TFLOPS. This means the AMD card offers no half-precision advantage; FP16 workloads run at the same speed as FP32.

The Intel Arc Pro A30M uses the DG2-128 chip with Xe-HPG architecture, fabricated on a 6 nm process at TSMC. It contains 7,200 million transistors on a smaller 157 mm² die, achieving a much higher transistor density of 45.9M per mm². Xe-HPG is a newer, more efficient design with a 2:1 FP16 to FP32 ratio — FP16 is 8.192 TFLOPS while FP32 is 4.096 TFLOPS. That makes the Intel part nearly twice as fast at half-precision as at full precision, a useful trait for AI or compute workloads that leverage FP16.

The architectural gap is generational. The AMD card is from the Polaris (RX 500) generation, released in March 2020. The Intel part is from the Alchemist (Pro-Series Mobile) generation, released in August 2022. Intel’s part supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the AMD card supports DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.3. Both support OpenGL 4.6. The Intel card also carries 8 RT cores, a hardware feature entirely absent from the AMD Polaris design. The RX 590 GME uses a PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, while the Arc Pro A30M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 — the newer standard offers more bandwidth per lane, though the AMD card has double the lanes.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every measurable specification. The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME has a base clock of 1257 MHz and a boost clock of 1420 MHz, while the Intel Arc Pro A30M runs at 1500 MHz base and 2000 MHz boost. The Intel part is significantly faster in raw clock speed, but the AMD card compensates with more hardware resources.

Shader units: 2,304 versus 1,024 in favor of AMD. Texture mapping units: 144 versus 64, again AMD. Raster output units are tied at 32 each. The AMD card has a 256-bit memory bus with GDDR5 running at 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective), delivering 256.0 GB/s bandwidth. The Intel card uses a 64-bit bus with GDDR6 at 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective), delivering 128.0 GB/s. Memory capacity is 8 GB versus 4 GB, a 2x difference.

Pixel and texture rates tell the performance story. The Intel card has a higher pixel rate at 64.00 GPixel/s versus the AMD card’s 45.44 GPixel/s, but the AMD card has a much higher texture rate at 204.5 GTexel/s versus 128.0 GTexel/s. FP32 compute is 6.543 TFLOPS for AMD versus 4.096 TFLOPS for Intel. FP16 is 6.543 TFLOPS for AMD (1:1) versus 8.192 TFLOPS for Intel (2:1).

Power and physical specs differ sharply. The AMD card is 175 W, dual-slot, 241 mm long, with a single 8-pin power connector and a 450 W suggested PSU. The Intel card is 50 W, has no power connectors, no suggested PSU, and no listed dimensions — it is designed for portable devices. Display outputs also differ: the AMD card has 1x HDMI 2.0b and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, while the Intel card’s outputs are listed as "Portable Device Dependent." Both cards are end-of-life products, and neither has a launch MSRP listed in the data.