AMD Radeon 8060S vs Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Radeon 8060S with 40 pipelines and 2560 shaders against the 1 year and 1 month older Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) that utilizes 64 pipelines and 512 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

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TGP / Version
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Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of Arc iGPU (4-Cores) over Radeon 8060S
Reasons to consider the Radeon 8060S
  • 7.4x higher maximum theoretical performance (14.8 vs 2 TFLOPS)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
  • Achieves 5.7x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (93K vs 16K)
  • Has 5x more shading units (2560 vs 512)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
135
79
62
40
-
The Witcher 3
124
104
70
37
-
Counter-Strike 2
195
137
95
50
-
Far Cry 6
108
95
69
40
-
Hogwarts Legacy
74
59
46
20
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
97
90
60
37
-
Ghost of Tsushima
80
65
43
25
-
Cyberpunk 2077
75
65
39
17
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
132
116
79
37
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Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 113 -
1080p Ultra 90 -
1440p Ultra 63 -
4K Ultra 34 -
Margin of Error Low High

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Time Spy 10038 -
Solar Bay 47180 -
Port Royal 5546 -
Fire Strike 26807 -
Wild Life Extreme 19262 -
Night Raid 101008 -
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Radeon 8060S +473%
93515
Background Blur 232.1 img/sec 37.6 img/sec
Face Detection 122.5 img/sec 17.2 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.92 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 4.07 Gpixels/sec 0.63 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 3.49 Gpixels/sec 0.94 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.08 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 396.3 Gpixels/sec 60 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 13016.5 FPS 3695.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark 1170 -
DirectX 11 157 FPS -
DirectX 12 84 FPS -
GPU Compute 9041 Ops/s -
Sources: PassMark [5] – 1290 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Sources: Blender [9] – 113 samples

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
Radeon 8060S +499%
22565
GB6 ML Half Precision
Radeon 8060S +485%
30098
GB6 ML Quantized
Radeon 8060S +541%
18100
Image Classification (SP) 11176 2902
Image Segmentation (HP) 14027 5473
Image Super Resolution (Q) 27198 2967
Face Detection (HP) 40613 6068
Pose Estimation (Q) 92878 8220
Text Classification (SP) 4158 609
Machine Translation (HP) 6473 1146
Object Detection (SP) 7431 2766
Depth Estimation (Q) 41825 6405
Style Transfer (SP) 190221 26796
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon 8060S and Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

General

Vendor Amd Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Released January 7, 2025 December 14, 2023
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 3.5 Xe LPG
GPU Codename Strix Halo -
Rival Equivalent - GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop - Radeon 740M
Recommended CPU - AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 or above - Intel Core Ultra 5 125U or above
Used in CPUs - AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392
- AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388
- AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
- AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
- Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
- Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
- Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
- Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
- and 12 more
Laptop GPU ranking (25th and 97th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1295 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 2900 MHz 1750-2000 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 2560 512
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 160 32
Render Output Units (ROPs) 64 16
Compute Units (Pipelines) 40 64
Tensor Cores No -
Ray-tracing Cores 40 4
L1 Cache - 768KB shared
L2 Cache 2MB shared -
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 186 GPixel/s 28-32 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 464 GTexel/s 56-64 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
Radeon 8060S +640%
14.8 TFLOPS
1.8-2 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 Ring Bus
TGP 55 W 14 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
Die Size 308 mm² -
Max. Temperature 100°C -

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
ECC No -

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 3.0
CUDA No -
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1

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