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Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Intel Arc A770 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Intel Arc A770 leads on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks (162% in 3DMark Time Spy); the Radeon RX 6500 XT takes 1 (7% in PassMark G2D Mark). On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 6500 XT generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 45.5 for the Intel Arc A770 (per diunox/arc-inference-bench (GitHub)), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6500 XT and the Intel Arc A770. Both released in 2022. MSRP range: $199 · $349. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 6500 XTIntel Arc A770
vram gb —16
vram type —GDDR6
tdp w —225

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from PassMark, Digital Trends, KitGuru, PC Unboxing, Notebookcheck, 3DMark, LanOC Reviews and The FPS Review; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 6500 XTIntel Arc A770
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, Digital Trends, KitGuru		 13,660 pts—
3DMark Fire Strike (GPU subscore) (higher is better)
Source: PC Unboxing		 —33,666 points
3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 15,260 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (GPU subscore) (higher is better)
Source: PC Unboxing		 —15,638 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (GPU subscore) (higher is better)
Source: PC Unboxing		 —7,016 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, PC Unboxing		 —8,731 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, LanOC Reviews		 827 points2,531 points
3DMark Speed Way Stress Test (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —2,531 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 330 points2,969 points
3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 4,626 points—
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review, 3DMark, Digital Trends, KitGuru, LanOC Reviews		 5,341 points14,012 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 4,970 points—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Radeon RX 6500 XT

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Intel Arc A770

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6500 XT or the Intel Arc A770?

The Intel Arc A770 leads on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks (162% in 3DMark Time Spy); the Radeon RX 6500 XT takes 1 (7% in PassMark G2D Mark).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 6500 XT generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 45.5 for the Intel Arc A770 (per diunox/arc-inference-bench (GitHub)), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 6500 XT and the Intel Arc A770 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 6500 XT launched at a $199 MSRP and the Intel Arc A770 at $349. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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