Arc A550M: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Arc A550M provides acceptable gaming and benchmark performance at 23.89% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 5090 D.
Contents
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 ranking | 256 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Power efficiency | 28.27 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) | |
| GPU code name | DG2-512 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 2022 (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 cores | 2048 | of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Boost clock speed | 2050 MHz | of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 21,700 million | of 153,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI300) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | of 3 nm (GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 262.4 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Floating-point processing power | 8.397 TFLOPS | of 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| ROPs | 64 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 128 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Tensor Cores | 256 | of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 16 | of 188 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 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 type | GDDR6 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| 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 Connectors | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK compatibility
APIs supported by Arc A550M, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | |
| 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.
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.
3DMark Time Spy Graphics
Send your test results of Arc A550M.
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 Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 130−140 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 50−55 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 95−100 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 90−95 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 130−140 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 50−55 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 95−100 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 75−80 | |
| Fortnite | 110−120 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90−95 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 70−75 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 90−95 | |
| Valorant | 160−170 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 90−95 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 130−140 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 250−260 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 50−55 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 95−100 | |
| 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 | 85−90 | |
| Metro Exodus | 50−55 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 90−95 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 65−70 | |
| Valorant | 160−170 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 90−95 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 50−55 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 95−100 | |
| Dota 2 | 120−130 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 75−80 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90−95 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 90−95 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 65−70 | |
| Valorant | 160−170 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 110−120 |
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 50−55 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 160−170 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 40−45 | |
| Metro Exodus | 30−35 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180 | |
| Valorant | 200−210 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 65−70 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 40−45 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 50−55 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 60−65 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 35−40 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 55−60 |
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 21−24 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 21−24 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 40−45 | |
| Metro Exodus | 18−20 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 30−35 | |
| Valorant | 130−140 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 35−40 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 21−24 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11 | |
| Dead Island 2 | 21−24 | |
| Dota 2 | 75−80 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 27−30 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 24−27 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 24−27 |
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