Radeon AI PRO R9700 vs Arc Pro A60
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Arc Pro A60 and Radeon AI PRO R9700, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
AI PRO R9700 outperforms Pro A60 by a whopping 250% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 276 | 13 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 13.14 | 19.94 |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) | RDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | DG2-256 | Navi 48 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 6 June 2023 (2 years ago) | 23 July 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2048 | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 1660 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2050 MHz | 2920 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 11,500 million | 53,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 262.4 | 747.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | 8.397 TFLOPS | 47.84 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 128 |
| TMUs | 128 | 256 |
| Tensor Cores | 256 | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 16 | 64 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 1 MB |
| L2 Cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 64 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 16-pin |
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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 2518 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 384.0 GB/s | 644.6 GB/s |
| 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 | 4x DisplayPort 2.0 | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a |
| HDMI | - | + |
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 | 6.6 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 21.21 | 74.31 |
| Recency | 6 June 2023 | 23 July 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 32 GB |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 300 Watt |
Arc Pro A60 has 130.8% lower power consumption.
AI PRO R9700, on the other hand, has a 250.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon AI PRO R9700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Arc Pro A60 in performance tests.
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