GPU Comparison
Select up to 2 GPUs to analyze their pricing, performance, and specifications side-by-side.
The Radeon RX 7800 XT is dramatically faster than the Arc A310, leading by roughly 825% 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 7800 XT vs Arc A310: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Arc A310
The Radeon RX 7800 XT is dramatically faster, around 825% ahead of the Arc A310. That gap is enough to move it up a tier: the Radeon RX 7800 XT 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 $634 EUR for the Radeon RX 7800 XT. Because it's both faster and competitively priced, the Radeon RX 7800 XT wins on performance-per-dollar by about 100%. The Radeon RX 7800 XT still sits about $135 EUR above its $499 EUR MSRP.
Power & Efficiency
The Arc A310 pulls less power (30W vs 263W), so it's the easier card to cool and the lighter load on your PSU. The faster Radeon RX 7800 XT draws more overall but extracts more performance from each watt — plan for a sturdier power supply if you pick it. Its more modern RDNA 3 architecture on a TSMC N5 process is part of why it does more with each watt.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
With 16GB against 4GB, the Radeon RX 7800 XT has more headroom for 4K textures and memory-hungry creative/AI tasks where the Arc A310's 4GB can fall short.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the Arc A310 brings Intel XeSS upscaling and AV1 encoding, while the Radeon RX 7800 XT 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 7800 XT?
The Radeon RX 7800 XT 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.