Arc Pro B50 vs Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) with Arc Pro B50, including specs and performance data.

R5 (Bristol Ridge)
2016
12 Watt
2.13

Pro B50 outperforms R5 (Bristol Ridge) by a whopping 1300% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking898194
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data47.43
Power efficiency3.8134.32
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)Xe2 (2024)
GPU code nameBristol RidgeBMG-G21
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 June 2016 (9 years ago)5 September 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores3842048
Core clock speedno data1700 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz2600 MHz
Number of transistors3100 Million19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-45 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rateno data332.8
Floating-point processing powerno data10.65 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data128
Ray Tracing Coresno data16
L2 Cacheno data4 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 x8
Lengthno data167 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data224.0 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 Connectorsno data4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.4

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD12
−1233%
160−170
+1233%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
−1257%
95−100
+1257%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 7−8
−1257%
95−100
+1257%
Counter-Strike 2 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−1233%
80−85
+1233%
Fortnite 9
−1233%
120−130
+1233%
Forza Horizon 4 11
−1264%
150−160
+1264%
Forza Horizon 5 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
−1257%
95−100
+1257%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−1233%
160−170
+1233%
Valorant 40−45
−1241%
550−600
+1241%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 7−8
−1257%
95−100
+1257%
Counter-Strike 2 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 45−50
−1233%
600−650
+1233%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Dota 2 18
−1289%
250−260
+1289%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−1233%
80−85
+1233%
Fortnite 10−12
−1264%
150−160
+1264%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−1233%
160−170
+1233%
Forza Horizon 5 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Grand Theft Auto V 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
−1257%
95−100
+1257%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−1275%
55−60
+1275%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−1233%
160−170
+1233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6
−1233%
80−85
+1233%
Valorant 40−45
−1241%
550−600
+1241%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 7−8
−1257%
95−100
+1257%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Dota 2 17
−1253%
230−240
+1253%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−1233%
80−85
+1233%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−1233%
160−170
+1233%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
−1257%
95−100
+1257%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−1233%
160−170
+1233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−1233%
120−130
+1233%
Valorant 40−45
−1241%
550−600
+1241%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 10−12
−1264%
150−160
+1264%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 16−18
−1275%
220−230
+1275%
Grand Theft Auto V 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
−1281%
290−300
+1281%
Valorant 18−20
−1268%
260−270
+1268%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−1233%
80−85
+1233%
Hogwarts Legacy 2−3
−1250%
27−30
+1250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 4−5
−1275%
55−60
+1275%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−1275%
220−230
+1275%
Valorant 10−12
−1264%
150−160
+1264%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%

This is how R5 (Bristol Ridge) and Arc Pro B50 compete in popular games:

  • Arc Pro B50 is 1233% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.13 29.82
Recency 1 June 2016 5 September 2025
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 70 Watt

R5 (Bristol Ridge) has 483.3% lower power consumption.

Arc Pro B50, on the other hand, has a 1300% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc Pro B50 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) is a notebook graphics card while Arc Pro B50 is a workstation one.

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