Intel Arc Pro A40 and AMD Instinct MI300X trade blows across speed and value.
Quick answer
AMD Instinct MI300X leads raw throughput, while Intel Arc Pro A40 offers the stronger value profile for most buyers.
| Spec | Intel Arc Pro A40 | AMD Instinct MI300X |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 6GB | 192GB |
| Cores | 2,048 | 19,456 |
| TDP | 50W | 750W |
| Architecture | Alchemist Xe HPG | CDNA 3 |
| Lowest price | — | — |
| Model | Quantization | Intel Arc Pro A40 | AMD Instinct MI300X |
|---|---|---|---|
| google/gemma-2b | Q4 | 57.73 tok/s | 863.23 tok/s |
| google/embeddinggemma-300m | Q4 | 57.27 tok/s | 970.37 tok/s |
| WeiboAI/VibeThinker-1.5B | Q4 | 57.08 tok/s | 867.94 tok/s |
| tencent/HunyuanOCR | Q4 | 56.54 tok/s | 891.05 tok/s |
| Qwen/Qwen3-ASR-1.7B | Q4 | 55.84 tok/s | 912.25 tok/s |
AMD Instinct MI300X wins pure speed in this comparison, while Intel Arc Pro A40 is the better value option for price-to-performance.
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Use the compatibility checker and model requirement pages to validate whether your target quantization and workload fit either GPU.