AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Intel Arc A380

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, vs Intel Arc A380. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and Intel Arc A380
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
84
46
33
20
60
34
24
13
The Witcher 3
60
46
27
16
49
40
27
14
Counter-Strike 2
96
67
46
19
52
37
28
12
Far Cry 6
65
55
40
19
40
36
25
12
Hogwarts Legacy
38
29
20
10
19
16
12
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
51
45
29
19
31
31
19
13
Ghost of Tsushima
37
28
21
10
25
20
17
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
36
33
19
n/a
26
24
12
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
69
61
36
18
42
37
26
14
Avg FPS
1080p High6038
1080p Ultra4631
1440p Ultra3021
4K Ultra1511
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
4786
Intel Arc A380
3508
Time Spy49514279
Solar Bay1997914871
Port Royal3671533
Fire Strike1557710421
Night Raid6528149357
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
53081
Intel Arc A380
39896
Background Blur130.3 frames/s81.3 frames/s
Face Detection70.1 frames/s38.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.59 Gpix/sec1.18 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.21 Gpix/sec1.65 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.02 Gpix/sec2.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.65 Gpix/sec0.46 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching223 Gpix/sec146.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7470.5 fps7107.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
9578
Intel Arc A380
6225
G2D Mark810605
DirectX 1190 fps38 fps
DirectX 1238 fps34 fps
GPU Compute4502 Ops/s2764 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
52.4 fps
Intel Arc A380
47.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)360.9 fps268.6 fps
Car Chase373.9 fps190.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)278.5 fps179 fps
T-Rex1305.6 fps1033.3 fps
ALU 21331.2 fps1103.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2259.2 fps169.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1300.51466.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 19, 2022 January, 14, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Generation 12.7
Codename Navi 24 DG2-128
Price 199 139

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 2000 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2815 MHz 2050 MHz
Shader Units 1024 1024
TMUs 64 64
ROPs 32 32
Ray Tracing Cores 16 8
Tensor Cores No 128
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 90 Gpix/sec 66 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 180 GTex/s 131 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.8 TFLOPS 4.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 107 W 75 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 6 nm 6 nm
Transistor Size 107 mm² 157 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 7 billion
Transistor density 46.73 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2248 MHz 1937 MHz
Bus 64 bit 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 15500 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
143.9 GB/s
Intel Arc A380
186 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.0
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

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