AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE vs Intel Arc Pro A30M Comparison

# AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE vs Intel Arc Pro A30M

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE and Intel Arc Pro A30M occupy vastly different corners of the GPU market, and the benchmark data reflects that chasm. The RX 7900 GRE is a desktop behemoth built on RDNA 3.0, while the Arc Pro A30M is an end-of-life mobile professional chip. Their only shared benchmark — Geekbench OpenCL — shows a 451.1% gap in favor of the AMD card, yet both cards sit within 1 percentile point of each other in the global GPU ranking (77th vs 76th percentile). This odd juxtaposition suggests the Intel card's real competition lives in an entirely different performance tier, while the AMD card is being dragged down by its own benchmark pool. The data begs the question: what does a 10x difference in raw compute actually mean for the workloads each card targets?

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE scores 32,456 on average, while the Intel Arc Pro A30M scores 31,894. The AMD card leads by 562 points, a delta of roughly 1.8%.

Q: How much faster is the RX 7900 GRE in the only head-to-head benchmark?

A: In Geekbench OpenCL, the RX 7900 GRE scores 175,758 versus the Arc Pro A30M's 31,894, making the AMD card 451.1% faster — a massive 5.5x advantage.

Q: What is the percentile ranking difference between the two GPUs?

A: The RX 7900 GRE sits in the 77th percentile of all GPUs, while the Arc Pro A30M sits in the 76th percentile. Despite the performance gap, they are nearly tied in percentile terms.

Q: Which card has more VRAM, and what is the bandwidth difference?

A: The RX 7900 GRE has 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus delivering 576.0 GB/s, whereas the Arc Pro A30M has 4 GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus delivering 128.0 GB/s. That is a 4x capacity advantage and a 4.5x bandwidth advantage for AMD.

Q: What are the power requirements for each card?

A: The RX 7900 GRE has a 260 W TDP and requires a 600 W suggested PSU with dual 8-pin connectors. The Arc Pro A30M has a 50 W TDP and requires no power connectors, making it far more power-efficient per watt.

Q: Which production status do these cards hold?

A: The RX 7900 GRE is marked as "Active" in production, while the Arc Pro A30M is "End-of-life." The AMD card was released on 2023-07-26, and the Intel card on 2022-08-07.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gulf between these two GPUs is as wide as their performance gap. The RX 7900 GRE uses the Navi 31 chip with RDNA 3.0 architecture, codenamed "Plum Bonito," fabricated on TSMC's 5 nm process. The Arc Pro A30M uses the DG2-128 chip with Xe-HPG architecture from Intel's Alchemist generation, built on TSMC's 6 nm node. The AMD chip packs 57,700 million transistors on a 529 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 109.1M per mm². Intel's chip is dramatically smaller: 7,200 million transistors on 157 mm², for a density of 45.9M per mm². That means AMD packs over 8x more transistors and more than double the density per square millimeter.

The compute resources amplify the difference. The RX 7900 GRE fields 5,120 shading units, 320 TMUs, 160 ROPs, and 80 RT cores. The Arc Pro A30M has just 1,024 shading units, 64 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and 8 RT cores — exactly one-fifth the shaders, one-fifth the TMUs, one-fifth the ROPs, and one-tenth the RT cores. Pixel and texture rates tell the story: the AMD card outputs 359.2 GPixel/s and 718.4 GTexel/s, versus Intel's 64.00 GPixel/s and 128.0 GTexel/s. FP32 compute is 45.98 TFLOPS for AMD against 4.096 TFLOPS for Intel, an 11.2x difference. FP16 scales similarly: 91.96 TFLOPS versus 8.192 TFLOPS, both at a 2:1 ratio.

Neither card has tensor cores listed, but both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The RX 7900 GRE connects via PCIe 4.0 x16, while the Arc Pro A30M uses PCIe 4.0 x8, halving the interface bandwidth. Clock speeds are intriguing: Intel's base clock is higher at 1500 MHz versus 1287 MHz, and its boost is 2000 MHz versus 2245 MHz for AMD. The AMD card's game clock sits at 1880 MHz. Memory clocks show 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective) for AMD and 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) for Intel. The Arc Pro A30M's smaller memory bus and lower clocks fundamentally cap its throughput.

Where Each One Wins

The data paints a clear picture of two different use cases. The RX 7900 GRE wins the only direct head-to-head comparison — Geekbench OpenCL — with a 451.1% margin. Looking at its broader benchmark suite, it posts strong scores across diverse tests: 4,814 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, 99,850 in Geekbench Vulkan, 27,089 in Passmark G3D, and 15,016 in Passmark GPU Compute. It also shows balanced DirectX performance with Passmark scores of 300 (DX11), 139 (DX10), and 107 (DX12), plus 310 in DX9. For 2D workloads, it scores 1,180 in Passmark G2D. These numbers suggest a card that handles modern gaming, compute, and professional rendering without breaking a sweat.

The Arc Pro A30M, with only one benchmark result in the pack, wins nowhere in the head-to-head data. Its 31,894 Geekbench OpenCL score is respectable for a mobile chip, and its 76th percentile ranking shows it outperforms 76% of all GPUs. Given its 50 W TDP and lack of power connectors, its "win" is efficiency and mobility — it can operate in thin-and-light professional laptops with no external power. The RX 7900 GRE, by contrast, demands a 600 W PSU and dual 8-pin connectors, so it is strictly a desktop component. The Arc Pro A30M wins in portability and power envelope; the RX 7900 GRE wins in every measurable performance metric.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every specification field. The RX 7900 GRE is a 5 nm desktop part with 57,700 million transistors; the Arc Pro A30M is a 6 nm mobile part with 7,200 million. Die size is 529 mm² versus 157 mm², and transistor density is 109.1M/mm² versus 45.9M/mm². Memory capacity is 16 GB versus 4 GB, bus width is 256-bit versus 64-bit, and bandwidth is 576.0 GB/s versus 128.0 GB/s. The RX 7900 GRE has 5,120 shading units, 320 TMUs, 160 ROPs, and 80 RT cores; the Arc Pro A30M has 1,024, 64, 32, and 8, respectively.

Clock speeds differ: base 1287 MHz (AMD) vs 1500 MHz (Intel), boost 2245 MHz (AMD) vs 2000 MHz (Intel), and memory 2250 MHz (AMD) vs 2000 MHz (Intel). The RX 7900 GRE has a game clock of 1880 MHz; the Arc Pro A30M has none listed. Pixel rate is 359.2 GPixel/s versus 64.00, texture rate is 718.4 GTexel/s versus 128.0, FP32 is 45.98 TFLOPS versus 4.096, and FP16 is 91.96 versus 8.192. TDP is 260 W versus 50 W. The RX 7900 GRE is dual-slot with 2x 8-pin connectors and a 600 W suggested PSU; the Arc Pro A30M has no slot width, no power connectors, and no suggested PSU. Bus interface is PCIe 4.0 x16 versus x8. Display outputs are 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, and 1x USB Type-C for AMD; Intel lists "Portable Device Dependent." Dimensions exist only for AMD: 276 mm length, 110 mm height, 51 mm width. Production status is Active versus End-of-life, and release dates are 2023-07-26 versus 2022-08-07. The RX 7900 GRE has a predecessor (Navi II) and successor (Navi IV); the Arc Pro A30M has neither.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

There is exactly one benchmark where both cards have scores: Geekbench OpenCL. The RX 7900 GRE scores 175,758, and the Arc Pro A30M scores 31,894. The delta is 451.1% in favor of AMD. To put that in perspective, the AMD card is 5.5x faster in this compute-heavy test. This is not a marginal win; it is a generational and architectural stomping. The RX 7900 GRE's FP32 throughput of 45.98 TFLOPS versus 4.096 TFLOPS for Intel explains most of this gap — OpenCL leans heavily on raw shader compute, and AMD has 5x the shading units running at comparable clocks.

The RX 7900 GRE's other benchmarks show consistency: it scores 99,850 in Geekbench Vulkan, which is more than 3x its nearest rival's OpenCL score. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 result of 4,814 and Passmark G3D of 27,089 indicate strong real-world gaming performance. The Arc Pro A30M has no other benchmark data in the pack, so the comparison ends there. The wins tally is 1 for AMD, 0 for Intel. There is no benchmark where the Intel card comes out ahead.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous: the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE is the superior performer in every measurable way. Its 451.1% lead in Geekbench OpenCL, 16 GB versus 4 GB VRAM, and 576.0 GB/s versus 128.0 GB/s bandwidth make it the only choice for anyone needing serious compute, gaming, or rendering power. Its 77th percentile ranking and average score of 32,456 place it among desktop workhorses, with nearest rivals like the AMD FirePro S10000 (32,388, delta 0.2%) and AMD Radeon Pro 570X (32,176, delta 0.9%) showing it sits in a tight competitive cluster. The 549 USD launch MSRP, stated once here, reflects its positioning as a premium desktop part.

The Intel Arc Pro A30M, however, is not without merit. Its 76th percentile ranking is nearly identical to AMD's, and its average score of 31,894 puts it within 1.8% of the RX 7900 GRE's average — despite being a 50 W mobile chip with no power connectors. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA TITAN RTX (31,676, delta 0.7%) and NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell (31,532, delta 1.1%), which are desktop-class cards. This suggests the Arc Pro A30M is remarkably efficient for its power envelope, even if its absolute performance is far below the RX 7900 GRE. Who should pick which? Anyone with a desktop chassis and a 600 W PSU should choose the RX 7900 GRE without hesitation. Anyone needing GPU acceleration in a portable, power-constrained professional laptop — where the Arc Pro A30M's 50 W TDP and connector-free design are decisive — should consider the Intel part. The data does not lie: these are two different tools for two different jobs, and the only common benchmark shows just how far apart they are.