SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Intel Arc A380. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and Intel Arc A380, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT -
• Execution Units
  16 1024
• GPU Chip
  Navi 24 DG2-128 / Alchemist
• Render Output Units
  32 32
• Shader
  1024 128
• Texture Units
  64 64
• Architecture
  - Generation 12.7
• L1 Cache
  - No
• L2 Cache
  - 4 MB
• RT Cores
  - 8

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Bandwidth
  144 GB/s 186 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  64 bit 96 bit
• Memory Size
  4 GB 6 GB
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  2250 MHz -
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Clock
  - 1937 MHz
• Memory Data Rate
  - 15.5 Gbps

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  2200 MHz 2000 MHz
• Boost Clock
  2825 MHz 2450 MHz
• Game Clock
  2685 MHz + 3% -
• Overclocking
  Yes -

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• Maximum Junction Temperature
  110 °C -
• TDP
  130 W+ 21 % 75 W
• TDP (up)
  - -
• System Power Supply
  - 250 W (PSU recommendation)

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and Intel Arc A380.

• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling -
• Fan-Type
  Axial -
• Fan 1
  2 x 90 mm -
• Fan 2
  - -
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent -
• Noise (Load)
  - -

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  1 × DisplayPort 1.4a 3 × DisplayPort 2.0
• DVI Ports
  - -
• HDCP Version
  2.3 -
• HDMI Ports
  1 × HDMI 2.1 1 × HDMI 2.1
• Max. Displays
  2 1
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x8
• Power Connectors
  1 x 6-Pin 1x 8-pin
• USB-C Ports
  - -
• VGA Ports
  - -

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• DirectX
  12_2 12.2
• DLSS / FSR
  No -
• LED
  No LED lighting -
• Max. resolution
  7680 × 4320 3840 × 2160
• Raytracing
  Yes -
• OpenCL
  - 3.0
• OpenGL
  - 4.6
• Shader Model
  - 6.6
• Vulkan
  - 1.3

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  No -
• h264
  Decode -
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode -
• VP8
  Decode -
• VP9
  Decode -

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Height
  107 mm -
• Length
  194 mm -
• Slot Size
  2 PCIe-Slots -
• Weight
  - -
• Width
  40 mm -

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU Intel Arc A380 and SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT.

• Documents
  data sheet -
• Launch Price (historical)
  - -
• Part Number
  11314-01-20G -
• Process Technology
  6 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2022

• FP16 (theoretical)
  - 10.04 TFLOPS
• FP32 (theoretical)
  - 5.018 TFLOPS
• FP64 (theoretical)
  - 1,254 GFLOPS
• Pixel Rate
  - 78.40 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  - 156.8 GTexel/s