Radeon RX 590 vs Intel Arc A770
Review
Key differences
Key distinctions and advantages between Radeon RX 590 and Intel Arc A770
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 590
- + GCN 4.0 architecture
- + Polaris 30 codename
- + 8GB GDDR5 memory
- + PCIe 3.0 x16 interface
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A770
- + Generation 12.7 architecture
- + DG2-512 codename
- + 16GB GDDR6 memory
- + PCIe 4.0 x16 interface
Pros & Cons
- Dedicated AI tensor cores
- Low energy efficiency
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
- No hardware ray tracing
- No DLSS upscaling support
- Older generation architecture
"A budget AMD Radeon RX 590 graphics card with limited performance overall, higher power consumption. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
- Large 16GB memory pool
- Hardware ray tracing support
- Dedicated AI tensor cores
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
- No DLSS upscaling support
"A entry-level Intel Arc A770 graphics card with modest workstation performance (43/100). Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
Gaming Performance
Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Call of Duty
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Tomb Raider
| Radeon RX 590 | Intel Arc A770 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 42 | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | — |
| The Witcher 3 | 47 | — | — | — | 124 | — | — | — |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 64 | — | — | — | 118 | — | — | — |
| Far Cry 6 | 50 | — | — | — | 97 | — | — | — |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 29 | — | — | — | 59 | — | — | — |
| Call of Duty | 42 | — | — | — | 79 | — | — | — |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 25 | — | — | — | 57 | — | — | — |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30 | — | — | — | 80 | — | — | — |
| Tomb Raider | 55 | — | — | — | 106 | — | — | — |
| Average FPS | 43 | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | — |
| Radeon RX 590 | Intel Arc A770 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 57 | 106 |
| 1080p Ultra | 43 | 89 |
| 1440p Ultra | 28 | 65 |
| 4K Ultra | 15 | 37 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
| Radeon RX 590 | Intel Arc A770 | |
|---|---|---|
| Time Spy | 4778 | 13554 |
| Solar Bay | — | 51114 |
| Port Royal | — | 7231 |
| Fire Strike | 16527 | 34163 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 9735 | 26266 |
| Night Raid | 62048 | 122588 |
| Radeon RX 590 | Intel Arc A770 | |
|---|---|---|
| G2D Mark | 790 | 761 |
| DirectX 11 | 65 FPS | 78 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 45 FPS | 75 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 3764 Ops/s | 5850 Ops/s |
Specifications
| Specification | Radeon RX 590 ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 Compute Score | 45783 | 113935 |
| Background Blur | 69 img/sec | 175 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 38.2 img/sec | 98 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1.75 Gpixels/sec | 3.63 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 3.31 Gpixels/sec | 5.51 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 3.31 Gpixels/sec | 8.51 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.38 Gpixels/sec | 0.89 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 180.5 Gpixels/sec | 492.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 6238 FPS | 24819.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| Specification | Radeon RX 590 ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 ML Single Precision | 9064 | 13344 |
| GB6 ML Half Precision | 9971 | 14119 |
| GB6 ML Quantized | 6293 | 10082 |
| Image Classification (SP) | 3307 | 5750 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 4895 | 16175 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 9072 | 12997 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 12467 | 21409 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 43468 | 67820 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 1547 | 849 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 2504 | 2627 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 3746 | 7465 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 15075 | 24186 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 96813 | 183238 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
| Specification | Radeon RX 590 ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Amd | Intel |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | 15-Nov-18 | 12-Oct-22 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Generation 12.7 |
| GPU Codename | Polaris 30 | DG2-512 |
| Recommended CPU | -Intel Core i5 8500or above | -Intel Core i5 12500or above |
| Specification | Radeon RX 590 ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 1469 MHz | 2100 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 4096 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 | 256 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 | 128 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | ||
| Tensor Cores | No | 512 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | No | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 16KB per cluster | |
| L2 Cache | 2MB shared | 16MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
| Specification | Radeon RX 590 ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 49 GPixel/s | 307 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 222 GTexel/s | 614 GTexel/s |
| FLOPS (FP32) | 7.1 TFLOPS | 19.7 TFLOPS |
| Specification | Radeon RX 590 ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 175 W | 225 W |
| Manufacturing | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 12 nm | 6 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 406 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 5 billion | 21 billion |
| Transistor Density | 21.55 MTr/mm² | 51.72 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature |
| Specification | Radeon RX 590 ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Specification | Radeon RX 590 ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3 |
| CUDA | ||
| Ray Tracing | No | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a |
