GPU Comparison
Select up to 2 GPUs to analyze their pricing, performance, and specifications side-by-side.
On raw speed the Radeon RX 6800 XT comes out dramatically faster — about 825% 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 6800 XT vs Arc A310: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Arc A310
The Radeon RX 6800 XT is dramatically faster, around 825% ahead of the Arc A310. That gap is enough to move it up a tier: the Radeon RX 6800 XT is comfortable at 1440p, while the Arc A310 is better matched to entry-level 1080p.
Price & Value
The Arc A310 currently lists from $124 GBP, $712 GBP less than the Radeon RX 6800 XT at $836 GBP. Because it's both faster and competitively priced, the Radeon RX 6800 XT wins on performance-per-dollar by about 37%. The Radeon RX 6800 XT still sits about $187 GBP above its $649 GBP MSRP.
Power & Efficiency
At 30W against 300W, 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 Radeon RX 6800 XT 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 Arc A310 is roughly 2 years newer than the Radeon RX 6800 XT (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 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 6800 XT?
The Radeon RX 6800 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.