Intel Arc A770 vs Radeon RX 9070 XT — Specs & Performance Compared
Side-by-side comparison of 2 GPU parts: Intel Arc A770 vs Radeon RX 9070 XT. Released 2022 (Intel Arc A770), 2025 (Radeon RX 9070 XT). Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.
Verdict: The Radeon RX 9070 XT is ahead of the Intel Arc A770 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 73% to 148% (148% in 3DMark Speed Way). On qwen3:14b, the Radeon RX 9070 XT generates 52.2 tokens/s against 23.3 for the Intel Arc A770 (best community run on file for each).
Radeon RX 9070 XT
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Specs side-by-side
| Spec | Intel Arc A770 | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 16 | 16 |
| vram type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| tdp w | 225 | 304 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.
| Benchmark | Intel Arc A770 | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) | — | 66,762 pts |
| 3DMark Fire Strike (GPU subscore) (higher is better) | 33,666 points | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better) | — | 33,887 pts |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (GPU subscore) (higher is better) | 15,638 points | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (GPU subscore) (higher is better) | 7,016 points | — |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) | 8,731 points | 18,240 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) | 2,531 points | 6,267 pts |
| 3DMark Speed Way Stress Test (higher is better) | 2,531 points | — |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) | 2,969 points | 7,025 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 (higher is better) | 2,965 points | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) | 14,012 points | 29,467 pts |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) | — | 14,367 pts |
AI inference (tokens/sec)
Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization, prompt length, and source citations.
Intel Arc A770
- mistral:7b: 70.0 tok/s
- mistral:7b: 70.0 tok/s
- mistral:7b: 70.0 tok/s
Radeon RX 9070 XT
- qwen3:8b: 711.0 tok/s
- Llama 3.2 1.5B: 163.0 tok/s
- llama2:7b: 142.9 tok/s
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Intel Arc A770 or the Radeon RX 9070 XT?
The Radeon RX 9070 XT is ahead of the Intel Arc A770 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 73% to 148% (148% in 3DMark Speed Way).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On qwen3:14b, the Radeon RX 9070 XT generates 52.2 tokens/s against 23.3 for the Intel Arc A770 (best community run on file for each).
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