AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE vs Intel Arc A730M Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The benchmark database pits the AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE against the Intel Arc A730M in two recorded tests, and the results are decisively one-sided. In the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, the RX 9070 GRE scores 5424, while the Arc A730M manages only 1732. That is a delta of 213.2% in favor of the AMD part, meaning the desktop card delivers more than three times the raw performance in this modern DirectX 12 workload. The gap is so large that it separates entirely different performance tiers, not just minor generational improvements.

The second test, Geekbench OpenCL, shows a narrower but still substantial margin. The RX 9070 GRE posts 109309, against 70352 for the Arc A730M. This works out to a 55.4% advantage for AMD. OpenCL tends to favor raw compute throughput, and the numbers reflect the architectural differences: the AMD card has a significantly higher FP32 rating, 34.28 TFLOPS versus 12.60 TFLOPS for Intel. Even though both GPUs share the same shading unit count of 3072, the clock speeds and efficiency per clock are not comparable. The RX 9070 GRE boosts to 2790 MHz, while the Arc A730M tops out at 2050 MHz.

The average benchmark score in the database reinforces the hierarchy. The RX 9070 GRE averages 57367 across all recorded tests, placing it in the 87th percentile of all GPUs. The Arc A730M averages 45592, which sits in the 84th percentile. That percentile gap looks modest, but the raw score difference is substantial: a 25.8% higher average for the AMD card. The Intel part is an end-of-life mobile GPU, whereas the AMD card is an active desktop product, and the head-to-head data makes that distinction clear.

Looking at the nearest rivals in the database provides additional context. The RX 9070 GRE sits within 1.8% of the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT average score, which is a flagship-class card from a previous generation. It also trades blows with the Intel Arc A580, a desktop card, coming in just 0.7% behind it. The Arc A730M, by contrast, is bracketed by professional and mobile parts: it is 0.5% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT, 1% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile, and 0.8% behind the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation. None of those rivals approach the raw score of the RX 9070 GRE.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE wins both head-to-head benchmark tests, with a 213.2% advantage in 3DMark Steel Nomad and a 55.4% advantage in Geekbench OpenCL. The Intel Arc A730M does not record a single victory in the database. For any user prioritizing raw GPU performance, the RX 9070 GRE is the clear choice based on measured results.

The Arc A730M is a mobile part with an 80 W TDP, designed for laptops and compact systems where power draw is a primary constraint. The RX 9070 GRE, with a 220 W TDP and a dual-slot cooler requiring two 8-pin power connectors, is a desktop card built for performance without such tight power limits. The benchmark scores reflect this design philosophy: the desktop card leverages its higher power budget and newer architecture to deliver far superior results.

However, the Arc A730M does have one notable advantage in the database: its power efficiency is dramatically better. At 80 W versus 220 W, the Intel part consumes roughly 36% of the power of the AMD card. In terms of performance per watt, the Arc A730M delivers 45592 average benchmark points divided by 80 W, which is approximately 570 points per watt. The RX 9070 GRE delivers 57367 divided by 220 W, which is approximately 261 points per watt. The Intel part is more than twice as efficient in this metric, though the absolute performance gap is enormous.

Who should pick which? A user building a desktop workstation or gaming rig with access to a 550 W power supply and PCIe 5.0 slot should choose the RX 9070 GRE without hesitation. The data shows it is in a completely different performance class. A user designing a thin-and-light laptop or a low-power embedded system where the 80 W TDP is a hard ceiling would have no choice but to consider the Arc A730M, since the RX 9070 GRE is a dual-slot desktop card that cannot fit such a chassis. The database does not record any scenario where the Intel part wins on raw speed, so the decision hinges entirely on form factor and power constraints.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE wins in every recorded benchmark category. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, a test that stresses modern rendering pipelines with ray tracing and mesh shaders, the RX 9070 GRE scores 5424 versus 1732 for the Arc A730M. This 213.2% delta indicates that the AMD card is not just faster, it is in a different league for contemporary game workloads. The RX 9070 GRE has 48 ray tracing cores, double the 24 found in the Arc A730M, and it runs DirectX 12 Ultimate at feature level 12_2, which the Intel card also supports. The practical difference is that the AMD part can actually deliver playable frame rates at high settings in demanding titles, while the Intel part would struggle.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RX 9070 GRE scores 109309 against 70352, a 55.4% advantage. This test measures general-purpose compute across a variety of workloads, and the AMD card's higher FP32 throughput (34.28 TFLOPS versus 12.60 TFLOPS) is the primary driver. The RX 9070 GRE also has a faster memory subsystem: 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth versus 336.0 GB/s, both on 192-bit buses with 12 GB of GDDR6. The AMD card runs its memory at 18 Gbps effective, while the Intel part runs at 14 Gbps. For compute tasks that are memory-bound, this difference compounds the compute gap.

The Arc A730M wins in exactly one measurable category: power consumption. The database records an 80 W TDP for the Intel part against 220 W for the AMD card. There is no performance test where the Intel part comes out ahead, so the only scenario where it is the better choice is when the power envelope is the dominant constraint. The Arc A730M is also an integrated graphics package (IGP) with no external power connectors, making it suitable for mobile designs where discrete power delivery is not available. The RX 9070 GRE requires two 8-pin connectors and a 550 W power supply, so it cannot be deployed in such constrained environments.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score in the database?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE has an average benchmark score of 57367, while the Intel Arc A730M averages 45592. That is a 25.8% difference in favor of AMD.

Q: How large is the gap in the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test?

A: The RX 9070 GRE scores 5424, and the Arc A730M scores 1732. The AMD card leads by 213.2%, which is the largest recorded delta between the two GPUs.

Q: Does the Intel Arc A730M win any benchmark test?

A: No. The database records two head-to-head tests (3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 and Geekbench OpenCL), and the RX 9070 GRE wins both. The wins count is 2 for AMD and 0 for Intel.

Q: What is the power consumption difference between the two cards?

A: The RX 9070 GRE has a TDP of 220 W, while the Arc A730M has a TDP of 80 W. The Intel part draws less than half the power of the AMD card, making it substantially more efficient per watt, though far slower in absolute terms.

Q: How do the memory specifications compare?

A: Both GPUs have 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus. The RX 9070 GRE achieves 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth with 18 Gbps effective memory speed, while the Arc A730M achieves 336.0 GB/s with 14 Gbps effective speed. The AMD card has 28.6% more bandwidth.

Q: What are the form factor differences?

A: The RX 9070 GRE is a dual-slot desktop card with two 8-pin power connectors and a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface. The Arc A730M is an integrated graphics package (IGP) with no power connectors and a PCIe 4.0 x16 interface, designed for mobile or portable devices.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different architectural generations and design philosophies. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE is built on the RDNA 4.0 architecture, using the Navi 48 chip, and belongs to the Radeon RX 9000 series from the Navi IV generation. It is fabricated on a 4 nm process at TSMC, with 53,900 million transistors on a 357 mm² die. That yields a transistor density of 151.0 million transistors per square millimeter. The Intel Arc A730M uses the Xe-HPG architecture with the DG2-512 chip, part of the Alchemist generation for Arc 7 Mobile. Intel also uses TSMC, but on a 6 nm process, with 21,700 million transistors spread across a larger 406 mm² die. The transistor density is just 53.4 million per square millimeter, roughly one-third of AMD's density.

The clock speeds tell a similar story. The RX 9070 GRE has a base clock of 1420 MHz, a game clock of 2220 MHz, and a boost clock of 2790 MHz. The Arc A730M runs at a base of 1100 MHz and boosts to 2050 MHz, with no recorded game clock. The AMD part's boost clock is 36% higher, and it achieves that while maintaining a much higher transistor count on a smaller die. The memory clocks also differ: the RX 9070 GRE runs at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective), while the Arc A730M runs at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective).

Both GPUs have 3072 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, and 96 render output units. The similarity ends there. The RX 9070 GRE has 48 ray tracing cores, while the Arc A730M has 24, exactly half. The AMD card's pixel rate is 267.8 GPixel/s, and its texture rate is 535.7 GTexel/s. The Intel part posts 196.8 GPixel/s and 393.6 GTexel/s, which are 26.5% lower in both metrics. The FP32 compute is a major differentiator: 34.28 TFLOPS for AMD versus 12.60 TFLOPS for Intel. Interestingly, the Intel card has a higher FP16 rating of 25.19 TFLOPS due to a 2:1 ratio, while the AMD card lists FP16 at 34.28 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio.

The memory subsystems are functionally similar in size and bus width, but not in speed. Both use 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus. The RX 9070 GRE achieves 432.0 GB/s, which is 28.6% more than the Arc A730M's 336.0 GB/s. The AMD card uses PCIe 5.0 x16, while the Intel part uses PCIe 4.0 x16. The Intel card is marked as end-of-life in the database, while the RX 9070 GRE is still active, with a release date of May 7, 2025, and a launch MSRP of 549 USD.

The API support is identical: both cards support DirectX 12 Ultimate (feature level 12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The display outputs differ, with the AMD card offering 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1a, while the Intel part's outputs are listed as portable device dependent. The RX 9070 GRE requires a 550 W power supply and dual 8-pin connectors, while the Arc A730M has no such requirements, reflecting its integrated mobile design. The die size comparison is notable: Intel's chip is 13.7% larger (406 mm² versus 357 mm²) yet contains 59.7% fewer transistors, which underscores the efficiency of AMD's 4 nm process.