Arc A550M: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 23.68% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
Intel started Arc A550M sales 30 March 2022. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Xe HPG architecture and made with 6 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 192.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 80 Watt (60 - 80 Watt TGP).
General info
Some basic facts about Arc A550M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 213 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Xe HPG (2020−2022) | |
| GPU code name | Alchemist | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 30 March 2022 (2 years ago) |
Technical specs
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 | 16 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 2005 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 21,700 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt (60 - 80 Watt TGP) | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 115.2 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
Information on Arc A550M's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
Memory
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 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
| Shared memory | - |
Video outputs and ports
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 | No outputs |
API support
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 |
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 performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
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
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 45−50 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 40−45 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 60−65 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 60−65 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 80−85 | |
| Hitman 3 | 70−75 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 50−55 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 35−40 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 50−55 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 45−50 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 45−50 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 40−45 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 60−65 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 60−65 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 80−85 | |
| Hitman 3 | 70−75 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 50−55 | |
| Metro Exodus | 35−40 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 35−40 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 50−55 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50−55 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 45−50 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 45−50 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 40−45 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 75−80 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 60−65 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 80−85 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 50−55 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 45−50 |
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 35−40 | |
| Hitman 3 | 35−40 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 30−35 | |
| Metro Exodus | 21−24 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 18−20 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 30−35 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 24−27 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 21−24 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 50−55 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 14−16 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 40−45 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 45−50 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45−50 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 18−20 |
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 18−20 | |
| Hitman 3 | 21−24 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 14−16 | |
| Metro Exodus | 14−16 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 12−14 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 16−18 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 24−27 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 14−16 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 12−14 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 20−22 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 21−24 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 10−12 |
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