GPU Comparison
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The Radeon RX 6800 is dramatically faster than the Arc A310, leading by roughly 675% in our performance index. The Arc A310, however, delivers more performance per dollar — $1,049 EUR cheaper.
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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 $137 EUR against $1,186 EUR for the Radeon RX 6800. Despite being slower, the Arc A310 offers the better performance-per-dollar (~12% better value), so budget-focused buyers should weigh it carefully. The Radeon RX 6800 still sits about $607 EUR above its $579 EUR 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?
Choose the Radeon RX 6800 if you want the most performance and can absorb the higher price. If you're optimizing for value, the Arc A310 stretches your money further for only slightly lower performance.