Radeon RX 6550M vs Arc 5 A550M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated216
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data21.36
ArchitectureGeneration 12.7 (2022−2023)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameDG2-512Navi 24
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2022 (2 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores20481024
Core clock speedno data2000 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz2840 MHz
Number of transistors21,700 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology6 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate115.2181.8
Floating-point processing power3.686 TFLOPS5.816 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs12864
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed12 GB/s2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s144.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.2
Vulkan1.31.3

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 80 Watt

Arc 5 A550M has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Arc 5 A550M and Radeon RX 6550M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Arc 5 A550M is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6550M is a notebook one.


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Intel Arc 5 A550M
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