AMD Ryzen Z2 GPU vs Intel Arc A570M Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The recorded data presents an asymmetric comparison. The AMD Ryzen Z2 GPU enters the database with no recorded benchmark submissions, placing it at the 50th percentile of all GPUs tracked. Its average benchmark score is null, meaning the database has no measured performance data for this part. The Intel Arc A570M, by contrast, has a recorded Geekbench OpenCL score of 58,239, which places it at the 88th percentile of all GPUs. That 38-point percentile gap is the single clearest performance indicator available in the database.

The Arc A570M also has a defined competitive neighborhood. It sits within 0.7% of the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (58,392, 0.3% slower), the AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM (58,085, 0.3% faster), the NVIDIA P102-100 (58,528, 0.5% slower), and the AMD Radeon PRO V710 (58,657, 0.7% slower). This tight cluster, all within a 572-point band, shows the Arc A570M operating at a well-established performance tier. The Ryzen Z2 GPU has no such reference points.

Where the Ryzen Z2 GPU wins is in efficiency and integration. Its thermal design power is 28 W against 75 W for the Arc A570M. The AMD part draws no external power connectors, while the Intel part is an IGP with no listed power connector. The Ryzen Z2 GPU uses a 4 nm TSMC process with 25,390 million transistors on a 178 mm² die, achieving a transistor density of 142.6 million per square millimeter. The Arc A570M uses a 6 nm TSMC process with 11,500 million transistors on a 269 mm² die, for 42.8 million per square millimeter. The Ryzen Z2 GPU packs more than twice the transistor count into roughly two-thirds the die area.

The Ryzen Z2 GPU also wins on memory capacity: 16 GB of LPDDR5X versus 8 GB of GDDR6. The Arc A570M counters with substantially higher memory bandwidth, 224.0 GB/s versus 119.9 GB/s, and a higher boost clock, 1300 MHz versus 2700 MHz for the AMD part (the AMD boost is higher, not the Intel; the Intel base clock is 900 MHz against 800 MHz). The Arc A570M leads in shading units, 2048 versus 768, texture mapping units, 128 versus 48, render output units, 64 versus 32, and ray tracing cores, 16 versus 12. It also leads in texture rate, 166.4 GTexel/s versus 129.6 GTexel/s, and in FP16 throughput, 10.65 TFLOPS against 8.294 TFLOPS. The Ryzen Z2 GPU leads in FP32, 8.294 TFLOPS versus 5.325 TFLOPS, and in pixel rate, 86.40 GPixel/s versus 83.20 GPixel/s.

The practical split is straightforward: the Arc A570M wins measured compute performance, the Ryzen Z2 GPU wins power efficiency, density, and memory capacity.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher benchmark score?

A: Only the Intel Arc A570M has a recorded benchmark score in the database. Its Geekbench OpenCL score is 58,239, placing it at the 88th percentile of all GPUs. The AMD Ryzen Z2 GPU has no recorded benchmark submissions and sits at the 50th percentile with a null average score.

Q: How does the Intel Arc A570M compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Arc A570M's score of 58,239 is 0.3% slower than the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (58,392), 0.3% faster than the AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM (58,085), 0.5% slower than the NVIDIA P102-100 (58,528), and 0.7% slower than the AMD Radeon PRO V710 (58,657).

Q: Which GPU has more memory?

A: The AMD Ryzen Z2 GPU has 16 GB of LPDDR5X memory on a 128-bit bus. The Intel Arc A570M has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus. The Arc A570M delivers higher bandwidth at 224.0 GB/s versus 119.9 GB/s.

Q: What is the power consumption difference?

A: The AMD Ryzen Z2 GPU has a 28 W TDP and uses no power connectors. The Intel Arc A570M has a 75 W TDP and is listed as an IGP with no power connector specified.

Q: Which GPU has higher raw FP32 compute?

A: The AMD Ryzen Z2 GPU delivers 8.294 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. The Intel Arc A570M delivers 5.325 TFLOPS, making the AMD part roughly 56% higher in single-precision throughput.

Q: Which GPU offers better ray tracing resources?

A: The Intel Arc A570M has 16 ray tracing cores. The AMD Ryzen Z2 GPU has 12. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate with the 12_2 feature level.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

No head-to-head benchmark entries exist in the database for this pairing, so the comparison rests on the single recorded Geekbench OpenCL result for the Arc A570M and the architectural specifications for both parts.

The Arc A570M's measured score of 58,239 is the only concrete performance number in this matchup. By percentile, it ranks 88th among all GPUs, a full 38 percentile points above the Ryzen Z2 GPU's 50th percentile placement. The Ryzen Z2 GPU has no benchmark score to contest this, so in measured terms the Arc A570M is the only part with verified compute performance.

The closest numerical contest is in texture rate. The Arc A570M produces 166.4 GTexel/s from 128 TMUs, while the Ryzen Z2 GPU produces 129.6 GTexel/s from 48 TMUs. The Intel part leads by about 28%. Pixel rate is much closer: the Ryzen Z2 GPU hits 86.40 GPixel/s against 83.20 GPixel/s for the Arc A570M, a lead of about 3.8% for the AMD part.

FP32 compute favors the Ryzen Z2 GPU decisively. Its 8.294 TFLOPS is about 55.8% higher than the Arc A570M's 5.325 TFLOPS. FP16 reverses the result: the Arc A570M delivers 10.65 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio, while the Ryzen Z2 GPU delivers 8.294 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio. The Intel part leads by about 28.4% in half-precision throughput.

Memory bandwidth is not close. The Arc A570M's 224.0 GB/s is about 86.8% higher than the Ryzen Z2 GPU's 119.9 GB/s. This matters for workloads that saturate memory, though the Ryzen Z2 GPU counters with double the capacity, 16 GB versus 8 GB.

The transistor comparison favors AMD heavily. The Ryzen Z2 GPU integrates 25,390 million transistors versus 11,500 million for the Arc A570M, a 2.2x advantage, while using a smaller die, 178 mm² versus 269 mm². The resulting density gap, 142.6M per mm² versus 42.8M per mm², is a 3.3x difference.

Clock behavior differs sharply. The Ryzen Z2 GPU boosts to 2700 MHz from an 800 MHz base. The Arc A570M boosts to 1300 MHz from a 900 MHz base. The AMD part's boost clock is more than double the Intel part's, though the Intel base clock is 100 MHz higher.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every specification field. The Ryzen Z2 GPU uses a 4 nm TSMC process; the Arc A570M uses 6 nm TSMC. Transistor counts are 25,390 million versus 11,500 million. Die size is 178 mm² versus 269 mm². Transistor density is 142.6M per mm² versus 42.8M per mm².

Memory configuration diverges completely. The Ryzen Z2 GPU has 16 GB of LPDDR5X at 937 MHz (7.5 Gbps effective) for 119.9 GB/s. The Arc A570M has 8 GB of GDDR6 at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) for 224.0 GB/s. Both use a 128-bit bus.

Compute resources differ by a wide margin. The Ryzen Z2 GPU has 768 shading units, 48 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and 12 ray tracing cores. The Arc A570M has 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, 64 ROPs, and 16 ray tracing cores.

Clock speeds are inverted. The Ryzen Z2 GPU runs at 800 MHz base and 2700 MHz boost. The Arc A570M runs at 900 MHz base and 1300 MHz boost.

Output rates favor each part in different metrics. The Ryzen Z2 GPU reaches 86.40 GPixel/s and 129.6 GTexel/s. The Arc A570M reaches 83.20 GPixel/s and 166.4 GTexel/s. FP32 is 8.294 TFLOPS for AMD versus 5.325 TFLOPS for Intel. FP16 is 8.294 TFLOPS (1:1) for AMD versus 10.65 TFLOPS (2:1) for Intel.

Power and physical specs differ as well. The Ryzen Z2 GPU has a 28 W TDP, no power connectors, and a single USB Type-C display output. The Arc A570M has a 75 W TDP, an IGP slot width, a PCIe 4.0 x8 bus interface, and display outputs described as portable device dependent. Release dates are about 17 months apart: the Ryzen Z2 GPU came out in early January 2025 (listed as 2024-12-31) and the Arc A570M in early August 2023. Both are Active production parts with DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4 support.

Architecture Differences

The Ryzen Z2 GPU is built on AMD's RDNA 3.0 architecture, using the Hawk Point chip, and is categorized as a Console GPU in the database. The Arc A570M uses Intel's Xe-HPG architecture on the DG2-256 chip, categorized as Alchemist in the Arc 5 Mobile generation.

The process node gap is one full generation step: TSMC 4 nm for AMD, TSMC 6 nm for Intel. The AMD part's transistor density, 142.6M per mm², is more than three times the Intel part's 42.8M per mm². This density advantage allows AMD to fit 25,390 million transistors into a die that is 91 mm² smaller than Intel's 269 mm² implementation.

Both architectures support the same API feature set: DirectX 12 Ultimate with the 12_2 feature level, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. Ray tracing hardware exists on both, with Intel holding a numerical edge at 16 cores versus 12.

The memory subsystems reflect different design priorities. AMD pairs RDNA 3.0 with 16 GB of LPDDR5X, a low-power memory type suited to its 28 W envelope. Intel pairs Xe-HPG with 8 GB of GDDR6, a higher-power memory type that delivers nearly double the bandwidth. The 128-bit bus width is shared, but the memory type difference drives the bandwidth gap.

The FP16 execution approach differs fundamentally. The Ryzen Z2 GPU processes FP16 at a 1:1 ratio with FP32, both at 8.294 TFLOPS. The Arc A570M uses a 2:1 ratio, delivering 10.65 TFLOPS of FP16 against 5.325 TFLOPS of FP32. This suggests the Intel architecture prioritizes half-precision workloads, while the AMD part treats both precisions equally.

The power envelope is the largest architectural differentiator. The Ryzen Z2 GPU operates at 28 W, enabling a fanless, connector-free design with a single USB Type-C output. The Arc A570M operates at 75 W, nearly three times the power, and is classified as an IGP with portable-device-dependent display outputs. The Ryzen Z2 GPU's 2700 MHz boost clock, achieved within 28 W, reflects the efficiency of the 4 nm process. The Arc A570M's 1300 MHz boost clock, within 75 W, reflects the older 6 nm process and a physically larger implementation.