GPU Comparison
Select up to 2 GPUs to analyze their pricing, performance, and specifications side-by-side.
On raw speed the Radeon RX 7900 GRE comes out dramatically faster — about 975% ahead of the Arc A310. It also wins on performance-per-dollar, making it the cleaner choice when you can afford it.
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Radeon RX 7900 GRE vs Arc A310: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Radeon RX 7900 GRE vs Arc A310
The Radeon RX 7900 GRE is dramatically faster, around 975% ahead of the Arc A310. That gap is enough to move it up a tier: the Radeon RX 7900 GRE is comfortable at 4K with upscaling and native 1440p, while the Arc A310 is better matched to entry-level 1080p.
Price & Value
The Arc A310 currently lists from $196 CAD, $409 CAD less than the Radeon RX 7900 GRE at $605 CAD. Because it's both faster and competitively priced, the Radeon RX 7900 GRE wins on performance-per-dollar by about 248%.
Power & Efficiency
On power, the Arc A310 is the gentler choice at 30W versus 260W. The Radeon RX 7900 GRE is more efficient per watt because it's faster, but its higher 260W draw means more heat and a bigger PSU. Its more modern RDNA 3 architecture on a TSMC N5 process is part of why it does more with each watt.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
The Radeon RX 7900 GRE carries 16GB versus 4GB on the Arc A310. The extra 12GB helps at 4K, with high-resolution texture packs, and for content-creation or local-AI workloads that exhaust smaller buffers.
Generation & Longevity
The Radeon RX 7900 GRE is roughly 2 years newer than the Arc A310 (RDNA 3 vs Alchemist), 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 7900 GRE 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 7900 GRE?
The Radeon RX 7900 GRE 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.