Arc Pro A50 vs Radeon 8060S
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 102 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 61.03 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.5 (2025−2026) | Xe-HPG (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Strix Halo | DG2-128 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 6 January 2025 (1 year ago) | 8 August 2022 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2560 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 1295 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2900 MHz | 2350 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 34,000 million | 7,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 464.0 | 150.4 |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| TMUs | 160 | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 40 | 8 |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 192.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0 |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2025 | 8 August 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 75 Watt |
Radeon 8060S has an age advantage of 2 years, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 36% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 8060S and Arc Pro A50. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 8060S is a notebook graphics card while Arc Pro A50 is a workstation one.
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