Arc A550M: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Arc A550M provides acceptable gaming and benchmark performance at 21.45% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.

Summary

Intel started Arc A550M sales on 2022. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Generation 12.7 architecture and made with 6 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 60 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Arc A550M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking272
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Power efficiency28.80of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureGeneration 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameDG2-512
Market segmentLaptop
Release date2022 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Arc A550M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Arc A550M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2048of 960 (GeForce GTX 660)
Core clock speed900 MHzof 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI)
Boost clock speed2050 MHzof 1000 (HD Graphics (Haswell))
Number of transistors21,700 millionof 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100)
Manufacturing process technology6 nmof 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)60 Wattof 235 (FirePro S9150)
Texture fill rate262.4of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
Floating-point processing power8.397 TFLOPSof 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
ROPs64of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs128of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350)
Tensor Cores256of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350)
Ray Tracing Cores16of 188 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
L1 Cache3 MBof 64 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1550)
L2 Cache8 MBof 408 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1350)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Arc A550M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Arc A550M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width128 Bitof 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti)
Memory clock speed1750 MHzof 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile)
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/sof 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080)
Shared memory-
Resizable BAR+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Arc A550M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

APIs supported by Arc A550M, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.6
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL3.0
Vulkan1.3
DLSS+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Arc A550M. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Arc A550M
21.45

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Arc A550M 14350

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

Arc A550M 5830

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Arc A550M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 130−140
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
Hogwarts Legacy 45−50

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 90−95
Counter-Strike 2 130−140
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
Far Cry 5 75−80
Fortnite 110−120
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
Forza Horizon 5 70−75
Hogwarts Legacy 45−50
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 90−95
Valorant 160−170

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 90−95
Counter-Strike 2 130−140
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 250−260
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
Dota 2 120−130
Far Cry 5 75−80
Fortnite 110−120
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
Forza Horizon 5 70−75
Grand Theft Auto V 80−85
Hogwarts Legacy 45−50
Metro Exodus 50−55
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 90−95
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
Valorant 160−170

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 90−95
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
Dota 2 120−130
Far Cry 5 75−80
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
Hogwarts Legacy 45−50
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 90−95
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
Valorant 160−170

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 110−120

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 160−170
Grand Theft Auto V 40−45
Metro Exodus 30−35
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
Valorant 190−200

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 65−70
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
Far Cry 5 50−55
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 55−60

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
Grand Theft Auto V 40−45
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
Metro Exodus 18−20
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
Valorant 130−140

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 35−40
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
Dota 2 75−80
Far Cry 5 27−30
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 24−27

4K
Epic

Fortnite 24−27

Closest competitors

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