GPU Comparison
Select up to 2 GPUs to analyze their pricing, performance, and specifications side-by-side.
On raw speed the Arc A310 comes out significantly faster — about 25% ahead of the Radeon RX 560.
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Arc A310 vs Radeon RX 560: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Arc A310 vs Radeon RX 560
The Arc A310 is significantly faster, around 25% ahead of the Radeon RX 560. Both cards sit in the same broad class, well suited to entry-level 1080p.
Power & Efficiency
At 30W against 60W, the Arc A310 is both the lower-power and the more efficient card, making it the easier build to cool and power. Its more modern Alchemist architecture on a TSMC N6 process is part of why it does more with each watt.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
The Arc A310 carries 4GB versus 2GB on the Radeon RX 560. The extra 2GB helps at 4K, with high-resolution texture packs, and for content-creation or local-AI workloads that exhaust smaller buffers.
Generation & Longevity
The Arc A310 is roughly 5 years newer than the Radeon RX 560 (Alchemist vs GCN 4.0 (Polaris)), so it generally benefits from a more modern architecture and longer driver-support runway.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the Radeon RX 560 brings AMD FSR upscaling and strong rasterization value, while the Arc A310 offers Intel XeSS upscaling and AV1 encoding. If you lean on upscaling or ray tracing, that ecosystem difference can matter as much as the frame-rate gap.
Which should you buy: Radeon RX 560 or Arc A310?
The Arc A310 is the faster card by about 25%. With live pricing limited for this pair, base your decision on the spec differences above — particularly VRAM and power draw — and check current stock before buying.