AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs Intel Arc A570M Comparison

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition records an average benchmark score of 73370, placing it in the 91st percentile of all GPUs. The Intel Arc A570M records 58239, placing it in the 88th percentile.

Q: How large is the performance gap between them in the available head-to-head test?

A: In the Geekbench OpenCL test, the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition scores 76111 versus the Intel Arc A570M's 58239. That is a 30.7% advantage for the AMD part.

Q: What are the nearest competitors for each card?

A: The AMD card's closest rivals include the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 (avg 72379, 1.4% behind), NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal (avg 72098, 1.8% behind), AMD Radeon RX 6650M (avg 71768, 2.2% behind), and AMD Radeon RX 6600 LE (avg 70829, 3.6% behind). The Intel card's nearest rivals include the NVIDIA P102-100 (avg 58528, 0.5% ahead of Intel), AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (avg 58392, 0.3% ahead of Intel), AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM (avg 58085, 0.3% behind Intel), and AMD Radeon PRO V710 (avg 58657, 0.7% ahead of Intel).

Q: Which card has more memory and a wider memory bus?

A: The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition has 16 GB of HBM2 memory on a 2048-bit bus with 483.8 GB/s bandwidth. The Intel Arc A570M has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What are the power requirements for each card?

A: The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition has a 300 W TDP and requires a 700 W suggested PSU, using dual 8-pin power connectors. The Intel Arc A570M has a 75 W TDP, lists no power connectors, and has no suggested PSU figure.

Q: Which card supports newer graphics APIs?

A: The Intel Arc A570M supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4. The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition supports DirectX 12 (12_1) and Vulkan 1.3. Both support OpenGL 4.6.

The Verdict

The recorded data is unambiguous: the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is the faster GPU by a substantial margin. Its average benchmark score of 73370 is 26% higher than the Intel Arc A570M's 58239. In the only direct head-to-head test available, Geekbench OpenCL, the AMD card leads by 30.7%.

For users selecting based purely on compute throughput, the AMD card is the clear choice. Its FP32 performance of 13.11 TFLOPS is more than double the Intel part's 5.325 TFLOPS. The AMD card also offers double the memory capacity (16 GB versus 8 GB) and more than double the memory bandwidth (483.8 GB/s versus 224.0 GB/s). These figures point to a decisive advantage in memory-heavy workloads and high-resolution compute tasks.

The Intel Arc A570M, however, is not without its own rationale. It is an active, current mobile part with a 75 W TDP, a fraction of the AMD card's 300 W TDP. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4, newer API versions than the AMD part. It also has dedicated ray tracing cores (16), which the AMD card lacks entirely. For a laptop or compact system where power draw and API compatibility matter more than raw compute, the Intel part is the sensible pick.

In summary: choose the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition for maximum compute performance and memory bandwidth. Choose the Intel Arc A570M for modern API support, ray tracing capability, and drastically lower power consumption in a mobile form factor.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains one direct comparison between these two GPUs: Geekbench OpenCL. The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition scores 76111, while the Intel Arc A570M scores 58239. The delta is 30.7% in favor of AMD. This is a decisive win, not a marginal one.

To contextualize the AMD card's performance, its average score of 73370 places it 1.4% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 (72379) and 1.8% ahead of the NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal (72098). It also sits 2.2% above the AMD Radeon RX 6650M and 3.6% above the AMD Radeon RX 6600 LE. These are close margins, indicating the Vega Frontier Edition is competitive with a cluster of strong GPUs from its era.

The Intel Arc A570M's average score of 58239 places it in a different performance tier. Its nearest rivals are tightly grouped: the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT is 0.3% ahead, the NVIDIA P102-100 is 0.5% ahead, the AMD Radeon PRO V710 is 0.7% ahead, and the AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM is 0.3% behind. This clustering shows the Intel part sits at a specific performance point, roughly 20% below the AMD Vega Frontier Edition's average.

The single head-to-head result reinforces the average scores. The AMD card leads by 30.7% in OpenCL, which is consistent with its 26% higher average benchmark score. There is no benchmark in the database where the Intel Arc A570M wins against the AMD card. The data shows one win for AMD and zero for Intel.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every major specification category. The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition uses a 14 nm process from GlobalFoundries, while the Intel Arc A570M uses a 6 nm process from TSMC. The AMD chip, Vega 10, contains 12,500 million transistors on a 495 mm² die, resulting in a transistor density of 25.3M per mm². The Intel chip, DG2-256, contains 11,500 million transistors on a 269 mm² die, with a higher density of 42.8M per mm².

Clock speeds differ significantly. The AMD card has a base clock of 1382 MHz and a boost clock of 1600 MHz. The Intel card has a base clock of 900 MHz and a boost clock of 1300 MHz. Memory clocks also differ: the AMD card runs at 945 MHz (1890 Mbps effective), while the Intel card runs at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective).

Memory configuration is a major differentiator. The AMD card has 16 GB of HBM2 on a 2048-bit bus with 483.8 GB/s bandwidth. The Intel card has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s bandwidth. Both have 64 ROPs, but the AMD card has 4096 shading units and 256 TMUs, versus 2048 shading units and 128 TMUs for Intel. The AMD card has no ray tracing cores; the Intel card has 16.

Compute throughput is also vastly different. The AMD card delivers 13.11 TFLOPS FP32 and 26.21 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1). The Intel card delivers 5.325 TFLOPS FP32 and 10.65 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1). Pixel rates are 102.4 GPixel/s for AMD versus 83.20 GPixel/s for Intel. Texture rates are 409.6 GTexel/s versus 166.4 GTexel/s.

Power and physical specifications diverge sharply. The AMD card has a 300 W TDP, is dual-slot, requires 2x 8-pin power connectors, and needs a 700 W suggested PSU. It measures 267 mm in length and 111 mm in height. The Intel card has a 75 W TDP, is an IGP form factor, has no power connectors, and no suggested PSU. It has no listed dimensions. The AMD card uses PCIe 3.0 x16; the Intel card uses PCIe 4.0 x8. Display outputs are 1x HDMI 2.0b and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a for AMD, while Intel's are listed as "Portable Device Dependent."

Architecture Differences

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is built on GCN 5.0 architecture with the Vega 10 chip, part of the Radeon Pro Vega generation. It uses a 14 nm process from GlobalFoundries. The architecture supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3. It has no dedicated ray tracing cores and no tensor cores.

The Intel Arc A570M is built on Xe-HPG architecture with the DG2-256 chip, part of the Alchemist generation for Arc 5 Mobile. It uses a 6 nm process from TSMC. This architecture supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. It includes 16 dedicated ray tracing cores, a feature entirely absent from the AMD card.

The process node difference is notable: 14 nm versus 6 nm. The Intel chip packs more transistors per area (42.8M per mm² versus 25.3M per mm²) despite having fewer total transistors (11,500 million versus 12,500 million). The AMD chip is physically larger at 495 mm², versus 269 mm² for Intel.

Memory architecture differs fundamentally. AMD uses HBM2 with a 2048-bit bus, which explains its massive 483.8 GB/s bandwidth. Intel uses GDDR6 with a 128-bit bus, yielding 224.0 GB/s. The AMD card's shading core count (4096) is double Intel's (2048), as are its TMUs (256 versus 128). Both share the same ROP count at 64.

The AMD card is a desktop add-in board with dual-slot cooling and external power connectors. The Intel card is an integrated graphics processor (IGP) for mobile devices, drawing far less power and requiring no external connectors. This reflects a fundamental design philosophy difference: AMD's card is built for maximum compute in a desktop workstation, while Intel's is built for efficient mobile integration.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition wins decisively in raw compute performance. Its FP32 throughput of 13.11 TFLOPS is 2.46 times that of the Intel Arc A570M's 5.325 TFLOPS. Its FP16 performance of 26.21 TFLOPS is similarly 2.46 times higher. The AMD card also wins in pixel rate (102.4 GPixel/s versus 83.20 GPixel/s) and texture rate (409.6 GTexel/s versus 166.4 GTexel/s).

Memory-heavy workloads favor AMD. The 16 GB HBM2 frame buffer with 483.8 GB/s bandwidth is a 2x capacity and 2.16x bandwidth advantage over Intel's 8 GB GDDR6 with 224.0 GB/s. For large datasets, high-resolution textures, or compute tasks that stress memory, the AMD card should sustain higher throughput.

The Intel Arc A570M wins in power efficiency and form factor. Its 75 W TDP is one-quarter of the AMD card's 300 W TDP. It requires no external power connectors, no suggested PSU, and fits as an IGP, meaning it can be integrated into a laptop or compact mobile system. The AMD card, at 267 mm long and dual-slot, is a full desktop expansion card.

Modern API support favors Intel. DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4 are newer than the AMD card's DirectX 12 (12_1) and Vulkan 1.3. For software that relies on these newer API features, the Intel card has the advantage. The presence of 16 ray tracing cores gives Intel a capability that AMD's card cannot offer at all.

The production status also matters: the AMD card is end-of-life, released in 2017, while the Intel card is active and was released in 2023. For users seeking a current, supported mobile solution, Intel is the practical pick. For users needing maximum compute in a desktop workstation, the AMD card remains the stronger performer according to the benchmark data.