AMD Radeon RX 7600 vs Intel Arc A380E x2 Comparison

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 and Intel Arc A380E x2 occupy different segments of the graphics card market, with the RX 7600 positioned as a mainstream desktop solution and the Arc A380E x2 configured as a dual-GPU embedded or edge computing product. The database records that the RX 7600 holds an average benchmark score of 15171 across ten tests, placing it in the 57th percentile of all GPUs, while the Arc A380E x2 has no recorded benchmark scores and sits at the 50th percentile. This asymmetry in available data shapes the comparison, though the specification sheets reveal substantial architectural divergences.

FAQ

Q: What is the primary performance difference between the AMD Radeon RX 7600 and Intel Arc A380E x2?

A: The RX 7600 delivers 21.75 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, while the Arc A380E x2 provides 4.096 TFLOPS per GPU. The RX 7600 also has a texture rate of 339.8 GTexel/s versus 128.0 GTexel/s for the Arc card, and a pixel rate of 169.9 GPixel/s against 64.00 GPixel/s.

Q: How do the memory subsystems compare between these two cards?

A: The RX 7600 uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, offering 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The Arc A380E x2 uses 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 96-bit bus, providing 186.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RX 7600 memory clock runs at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective), while the Arc card runs at 1937 MHz (15.5 Gbps effective).

Q: Which card has more shading units and ray tracing cores?

A: The RX 7600 contains 2048 shading units and 32 ray tracing cores. The Arc A380E x2 contains 1024 shading units and 8 ray tracing cores. The RX 7600 also has 128 texture mapping units and 64 ROPs, compared to 64 TMUs and 32 ROPs on the Arc card.

Q: Are the cards built on the same manufacturing process?

A: Yes, both GPUs use a 6 nm process node from TSMC. The RX 7600 packs 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die, while the Arc A380E x2 packs 7,200 million transistors on a 157 mm² die. This yields a transistor density of 65.2M per mm² for the RX 7600 and 45.9M per mm² for the Arc.

Q: What are the power and physical requirements for each card?

A: The RX 7600 has a 165 W TDP, requires a 450 W suggested power supply, uses a dual-slot design with one 8-pin power connector, and measures 204 mm in length. The Arc A380E x2 has a 130 W TDP, requires a 300 W suggested power supply, uses a single-slot design with one 6-pin connector, and measures 265 mm in length.

Q: Which card supports more display outputs?

A: The Intel Arc A380E x2 supports eight mini-DisplayPort 2.0 outputs. The AMD Radeon RX 7600 supports one HDMI 2.1a and three DisplayPort 2.1 outputs, for a total of four.

The Verdict

The data clearly separates these two products by intended use. The RX 7600 is a general-purpose gaming and consumer graphics card with recorded benchmark results across DirectX 10, 11, 12, and 9 tests, OpenCL, Vulkan, and compute workloads. Its average benchmark score of 15171 and 57th percentile ranking indicate broad applicability. The nearest rivals in the database include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM with an average score of 15199 (a delta of -0.2 percent), the AMD Radeon 680M at 15270 (-0.7 percent), the AMD Radeon Pro 560X at 15082 (+0.6 percent), and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti at 15063 (+0.7 percent). These margins, all within one percent, place the RX 7600 in a tightly competitive band.

The Arc A380E x2, by contrast, has no benchmark entries, no average score, and no nearest rivals listed. Its production status is recorded as end-of-life, while the RX 7600 remains active. The Arc card targets multi-display and embedded scenarios, evidenced by its eight mini-DisplayPort outputs and single-slot profile. A user requiring a compact, low-profile accelerator with extensive display connectivity would select the Arc A380E x2. A user needing proven compute and gaming performance across standard APIs would select the RX 7600. The RX 7600 also offers a higher transistor count, more memory, and double the shading units, TMUs, and ROPs compared to a single Arc A380E GPU. Since the Arc product is designated as x2, the dual-GPU configuration doubles the shading units to 2048, matching the RX 7600, but the memory bus width remains 96-bit per GPU, and the combined bandwidth of 372.0 GB/s exceeds the RX 7600's 288.0 GB/s. However, no benchmark data exists to confirm real-world scaling for the dual-GPU setup.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains no direct head-to-head benchmark results between the RX 7600 and Arc A380E x2. The headToHeadBenchmarks field is empty, and winsA and winsB are both zero. Therefore, the comparison rests on the individual benchmark scores recorded for the RX 7600 and the theoretical specifications for the Arc card.

The RX 7600 achieves its strongest results in compute-oriented tests. In Geekbench OpenCL, it scores 88051, and in Passmark GPU Compute, it scores 8790. The Vulkan score for Geekbench is 34401. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, the RX 7600 records 2310 points. For legacy DirectX tests, the Passmark scores are 84 for DirectX 10, 172 for DirectX 11, 58 for DirectX 12, and 226 for DirectX 9. The 2D graphics test yields 984, and the overall 3D test yields 16634.

The Arc A380E x2 has no corresponding scores. The FP16 performance of the Arc card, at 8.192 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio relative to FP32, suggests a different compute balance, but the absence of benchmarks prevents quantitative comparison. The RX 7600's FP16 is listed as 21.75 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio, meaning it does not double FP16 throughput. This architectural difference implies the Arc card may favor mixed-precision workloads, but the database provides no measured evidence.

The nearest rival analysis for the RX 7600 shows that its performance sits nearly equidistant from four other GPUs. The RTX 3050 OEM and Radeon 680M are slightly ahead by 0.2 and 0.7 percent respectively, while the Radeon Pro 560X and GTX 660 Ti are slightly behind by 0.6 and 0.7 percent. This clustering indicates that the RX 7600 delivers performance within a narrow band of comparable products, neither dominating nor trailing significantly. For the Arc A380E x2, the absence of rivals in the database means no such positioning can be established.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every measured specification. The RX 7600 uses a 128-bit memory bus, while the Arc A380E x2 uses a 96-bit bus per GPU. Memory capacity is 8 GB versus 6 GB. Bandwidth is 288.0 GB/s versus 186.0 GB/s. The RX 7600's base clock is 1720 MHz with a boost of 2655 MHz and a game clock of 2250 MHz. The Arc card has a fixed clock of 2000 MHz for both base and boost, with no game clock listed.

Shader configuration differs significantly: 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs on the RX 7600, versus 1024 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 32 ROPs on the Arc. Ray tracing cores number 32 versus 8. Pixel rate is 169.9 GPixel/s versus 64.00 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 339.8 GTexel/s versus 128.0 GTexel/s.

Power and physical design diverge as well. The RX 7600 consumes 165 W TDP with a dual-slot cooler and a single 8-pin connector. The Arc A380E x2 consumes 130 W TDP with a single-slot cooler and a single 6-pin connector. Suggested power supply is 450 W for the RX 7600 and 300 W for the Arc. Dimensions: the RX 7600 is 204 mm long and 115 mm tall, while the Arc card is 265 mm long, 127 mm tall, and 20 mm wide. The Arc card is longer despite being single-slot, likely due to its eight display outputs.

Display outputs: the RX 7600 offers one HDMI 2.1a and three DisplayPort 2.1 ports. The Arc A380E x2 offers eight mini-DisplayPort 2.0 ports. Both support PCIe 4.0 x8 bus interface. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

The RX 7600 has a launch MSRP of 269 USD. The Arc A380E x2 has no launch MSRP recorded in the database. The RX 7600 was released on 2023-05-24, while the Arc card was released on 2024-03-31. The RX 7600 remains in production, while the Arc card is marked end-of-life.

Architecture Differences

The RX 7600 uses the Navi 33 chip with RDNA 3.0 architecture, codenamed Hotpink Bonefish, from the Radeon RX 7000 series and Navi III generation. The Arc A380E x2 uses the DG2-128 chip with Xe-HPG architecture from the Alchemist (Arc 3) generation. The RX 7600's predecessor is Navi II and its successor is Navi IV. The Arc card's predecessor is Xe Graphics and its successor is Battlemage.

Both are fabricated by TSMC on a 6 nm process. The RX 7600 integrates 13,300 million transistors, a 204 mm² die, and a density of 65.2M per mm². The Arc card integrates 7,200 million transistors, a 157 mm² die, and a density of 45.9M per mm². This means the RX 7600 has an 85 percent higher transistor count on a 30 percent larger die, reflecting a denser design.

FP32 and FP16 compute differ markedly. The RX 7600 reaches 21.75 TFLOPS in both FP32 and FP16, with a 1:1 ratio. The Arc A380E x2 reaches 4.096 TFLOPS in FP32 and 8.192 TFLOPS in FP16, with a 2:1 ratio. The Arc architecture therefore dedicates more silicon to FP16 throughput relative to FP32, while the RX 7600 maintains equal throughput. For the dual-GPU Arc A380E x2 configuration, combined FP32 would be 8.192 TFLOPS and combined FP16 would be 16.384 TFLOPS, still below the RX 7600's FP32 figure.

Ray tracing hardware differs by a factor of four, with 32 RT cores on the RX 7600 versus 8 on the Arc. The RX 7600's pixel rate of 169.9 GPixel/s is 2.65 times higher than the Arc's 64.00 GPixel/s. Texture rate is 2.65 times higher as well, at 339.8 GTexel/s versus 128.0 GTexel/s. These ratios align with the shading unit and TMU/ROP counts, indicating that per-clock throughput is similar, but the RX 7600 operates at a higher boost clock (2655 MHz versus 2000 MHz) and has double the execution resources.

The Arc A380E x2's memory clock of 1937 MHz with 15.5 Gbps effective is lower than the RX 7600's 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective. Even with dual GPUs, each GPU's 96-bit bus limits per-GPU bandwidth to 186.0 GB/s, so the combined 372.0 GB/s assumes perfect scaling across the two GPUs, which the database does not verify. The RX 7600's single 128-bit bus provides 288.0 GB/s without any multi-GPU scaling concerns.

The RX 7600's game clock of 2250 MHz sits between its base and boost clocks, providing a stable operating point for sustained workloads. The Arc card offers no game clock, only a fixed 2000 MHz. This suggests the RX 7600 can vary its frequency dynamically across a wider range, while the Arc card runs at a constant rate.

The database records the RX 7600's production status as active and the Arc A380E x2 as end-of-life. The RX 7600 also has a clear successor lineage (Navi IV), while the Arc card's successor is Battlemage. The Arc card's release date of 2024-03-31 comes roughly ten months after the RX 7600's 2023-05-24 launch, yet the Arc card has already been discontinued, whereas the RX 7600 remains available. This lifecycle difference, combined with the absence of any benchmark data for the Arc, reinforces the RX 7600 as the more fully validated and supported product in the database.