GPU Comparison

AMD

RADEON

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

CORE STATE Navi 21

VRAM 16 GB

CLOCK SPEED 2310 MHz

TDP 335 W

BUS WIDTH 256 bit

ARCHITECTURE RDNA 2.0

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

Intel

GPU

Arc A310

CORE STATE DG2-128

VRAM 4 GB

CLOCK SPEED 1750 MHz

TDP 30 W

BUS WIDTH 64 bit

ARCHITECTURE Xe-HPG

PROCESS 6 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12

4,235

N/A

geekbench_metal

222,653

N/A

geekbench_opencl

205,998

30,607

geekbench_vulkan

165,212

28,964

passmark_directx_10

164

passmark_directx_11

300

passmark_directx_12

114

passmark_directx_9

303

passmark_g2d

1,063

625

passmark_g3d

28,070

5,433

passmark_gpu_compute

14,199

2,157

Analysis: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs Intel Arc A310

Gaming performance comparisons between GeForce RX 6950 XT and Intel's Arc A310 graphics show a clear victor. GeForce RX 6950 XT offers substantially stronger benchmark scores in contemporary titles. The graphics memory edge and architectural enhancements result into visibly smoother visual performance. Performance results validates this conclusion. Players seeking maximum visuals will factor this in.

When it comes to hardware ray tracing, GeForce RX 6950 XT leaps significantly forward of Intel's Arc A310 graphics. The specialized accelerators handle heavy lighting calculations considerably more capably. Gamers looking for modern fidelity might seriously favor GeForce RX 6950 XT. This RT capability is considerable. Next-gen titles progressively take advantage of ray tracing technology.

At the end of the day: GeForce RX 6950 XT secures this matchup clearly. Users wanting gaming performance might seriously favor GeForce RX 6950 XT over Intel's Arc A310 graphics. The score results supports this verdict. The workloads can perform substantially better. It's a straightforward champion in this segment.

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

RX 6950 XT

A310

Core Specs

Shading Units

5,120

768 -85.0%

Shaders

5,120

768 -85.0%

TMUs

320

32 -90.0%

ROPs

128

16 -87.5%

Compute Units

—

Execution Units

—

Clocks

Base Clock

1860 MHz

1750 MHz

Boost Clock

2310 MHz

1750 MHz

Game Clock

2100 MHz

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Memory Clock

2250 MHz 18 Gbps effective

1937 MHz 15.5 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size

16 GB

4 GB

VRAM (MB)

16,384

4,096 -75.0%

Memory Type

GDDR6

Memory Bus

256 bit

64 bit

Bandwidth

576.0 GB/s

124.0 GB/s

Cache

L1 Cache

128 KB per Array

—

L2 Cache

4 MB

L3 Cache

128 MB

—

L0 Cache

32 KB per WGP

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Performance

Pixel Rate

295.7 GPixel/s

28.00 GPixel/s

Texture Rate

739.2 GTexel/s

56.00 GTexel/s

FP32 (TFLOPS)

23.65 TFLOPS

2.688 TFLOPS

FP64 (TFLOPS)

1,478.4 GFLOPS (1:16)

672.0 GFLOPS (1:4)

FP16 (TFLOPS)

47.31 TFLOPS (2:1)

5.376 TFLOPS (2:1)

AI/RT

RT Cores

6 -92.5%

XMX Cores

—

Power

TDP

335 W

30 W

TDP (W)

335

30 -91.0%

Suggested PSU

700 W

200 W

Power Connectors

2x 8-pin

None

Architecture

RDNA 2.0

Xe-HPG

GPU Name

Navi 21

DG2-128

Generation

Navi II (RX 6000)

Alchemist (Arc 3)

Process Size

7 nm

6 nm

Transistors

26,800 million

7,200 million

Die Size

520 mm²

157 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Density

51.5M / mm²

45.9M / mm²

API Support

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

OpenGL

4.6

Vulkan

1.4

OpenCL

2.1

3.0

Shader Model

6.8

6.6

Physical

Slot Width

Triple-slot

Single-slot

Length

267 mm 10.5 inches

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Height

120 mm 4.7 inches

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Outputs

1x HDMI 2.12x DisplayPort 1.4a

4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0

Bus Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x8

Other

Launch Price

1,099 USD

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Production

End-of-life

Predecessor

Navi

Xe Graphics

Successor

Navi III

Battlemage

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