GPU Comparison
Select up to 2 GPUs to analyze their pricing, performance, and specifications side-by-side.
The Radeon RX 6800 is dramatically faster than the Arc A310, leading by roughly 675% in our performance index. It is also the stronger value pick here, so it's the easy recommendation if your budget allows.
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Radeon RX 6800 vs Arc A310: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Radeon RX 6800 vs Arc A310
The Radeon RX 6800 is dramatically faster, around 675% ahead of the Arc A310. That gap is enough to move it up a tier: the Radeon RX 6800 is comfortable at 1440p, while the Arc A310 is better matched to entry-level 1080p.
Price & Value
Right now the Arc A310 starts at $196 CAD against $1,168 CAD for the Radeon RX 6800. Because it's both faster and competitively priced, the Radeon RX 6800 wins on performance-per-dollar by about 30%. The Radeon RX 6800 still sits about $589 CAD above its $579 CAD MSRP.
Power & Efficiency
The Arc A310 draws just 30W versus 250W for the Radeon RX 6800, and it also delivers more performance per watt — so it runs cooler and quieter and needs less PSU headroom. Its more modern Alchemist architecture on a TSMC N6 process is part of why it does more with each watt.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
With 16GB against 4GB, the Radeon RX 6800 has more headroom for 4K textures and memory-hungry creative/AI tasks where the Arc A310's 4GB can fall short.
Generation & Longevity
The Arc A310 is roughly 2 years newer than the Radeon RX 6800 (Alchemist vs RDNA 2), so it generally benefits from a more modern architecture and longer driver-support runway.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the Arc A310 brings Intel XeSS upscaling and AV1 encoding, while the Radeon RX 6800 offers AMD FSR upscaling and strong rasterization value. If you lean on upscaling or ray tracing, that ecosystem difference can matter as much as the frame-rate gap.
Which should you buy: Arc A310 or Radeon RX 6800?
The Radeon RX 6800 is the all-round winner here — it's faster and the better value, so buy it if it fits your budget. Only consider the Arc A310 if you find it at a steep discount.