Radeon RX 6850M XT vs Intel Arc A770
Review
Key differences
Key distinctions and advantages between Radeon RX 6850M XT and Intel Arc A770
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6850M XT
- + RDNA 2.0 architecture
- + Navi 22 codename
- + 12GB GDDR6 memory
- + PCIe 4.0 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
- Generous 12GB VRAM
- Hardware ray tracing support
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
- No DLSS upscaling support
"A entry-level AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT graphics card with modest workstation performance (39/100). 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 6850M XT | Intel Arc A770 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 80 | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | — |
| The Witcher 3 | 105 | — | — | — | 124 | — | — | — |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 141 | — | — | — | 118 | — | — | — |
| Far Cry 6 | 98 | — | — | — | 97 | — | — | — |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 64 | — | — | — | 59 | — | — | — |
| Call of Duty | 95 | — | — | — | 79 | — | — | — |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 67 | — | — | — | 57 | — | — | — |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 70 | — | — | — | 80 | — | — | — |
| Tomb Raider | 120 | — | — | — | 106 | — | — | — |
| Average FPS | 93 | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | — |
| Radeon RX 6850M XT | Intel Arc A770 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 118 | 106 |
| 1080p Ultra | 93 | 89 |
| 1440p Ultra | 65 | 65 |
| 4K Ultra | 36 | 37 |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
Benchmarks
| Radeon RX 6850M XT | Intel Arc A770 | |
|---|---|---|
| Time Spy | 11092 | 13554 |
| Solar Bay | 45816 | 51114 |
| Port Royal | 5919 | 7231 |
| Fire Strike | 26592 | 34163 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 21716 | 26266 |
| Night Raid | 73832 | 122588 |
| Radeon RX 6850M XT | Intel Arc A770 | |
|---|---|---|
| G2D Mark | 652 | 761 |
| DirectX 11 | 149 FPS | 78 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 79 FPS | 75 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 6728 Ops/s | 5850 Ops/s |
Specifications
| Specification | Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 Compute Score | 101515 | 113935 |
| Background Blur | 217.9 img/sec | 175 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 142 img/sec | 98 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.42 Gpixels/sec | 3.63 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.23 Gpixels/sec | 5.51 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.02 Gpixels/sec | 8.51 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.97 Gpixels/sec | 0.89 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 429.7 Gpixels/sec | 492.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 13653.9 FPS | 24819.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 ML Single Precision | 20047 | 13344 |
| GB6 ML Half Precision | 20997 | 14119 |
| GB6 ML Quantized | 15383 | 10082 |
| Image Classification (SP) | 8455 | 5750 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 10479 | 16175 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 23685 | 12997 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 28924 | 21409 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 101734 | 67820 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2168 | 849 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4554 | 2627 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 9084 | 7465 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36761 | 24186 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 209185 | 183238 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Amd | Intel |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | 4-Jan-22 | 12-Oct-22 |
| Case | Laptop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Generation 12.7 |
| GPU Codename | Navi 22 | DG2-512 |
| Recommended CPU | -AMD Ryzen 9 6900HXor above | -Intel Core i5 12500or above |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 2320 MHz | 2100 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2180-2460 MHz (configurable) | 2400 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 4096 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 160 | 256 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 64 | 128 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 40 | |
| Tensor Cores | 512 | |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 40 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | |
| L2 Cache | 3MB shared | 16MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 140-157 GPixel/s | 307 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 349-394 GTexel/s | 614 GTexel/s |
| FLOPS (FP32) | 11.2-12.6 TFLOPS | 19.7 TFLOPS |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 130-165 W (configurable) | 225 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Die Size | 335 mm² | 406 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 17.2 billion | 21 billion |
| Transistor Density | 51.34 MTr/mm² | 51.72 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6850M XT ↗ | Intel Arc A770 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3 |
| CUDA | ||
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4 |
