GeForce RTX 4090 D vs Arc A550M

Place in the ranking	223	2
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	17.65
Power efficiency	28.39	15.34
Architecture	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	DG2-512	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	2022 (2 years ago)	28 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores	2048	14592
Core clock speed	900 MHz	2280 MHz
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	21,700 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	425 Watt
Texture fill rate	262.4	1,149
Floating-point processing power	8.397 TFLOPS	73.54 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	176
TMUs	128	456
Tensor Cores	256	456
Ray Tracing Cores	16	114

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	1,008 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 Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

35−40
−259%

140−150

+259%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 −265%	190−200 +265%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 −266%	150−160 +266%
Battlefield 5	75−80 −272%	290−300 +272%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −267%	180−190 +267%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 −259%	140−150 +259%
Far Cry 5	55−60 −282%	210−220 +282%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 −281%	240−250 +281%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −255%	500−550 +255%
Hitman 3	45−50 −275%	180−190 +275%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 −260%	400−450 +260%
Metro Exodus	80−85 −266%	300−310 +266%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 −271%	230−240 +271%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 −275%	300−310 +275%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 −247%	350−400 +247%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 −265%	190−200 +265%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 −266%	150−160 +266%
Battlefield 5	75−80 −272%	290−300 +272%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −267%	180−190 +267%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 −259%	140−150 +259%
Far Cry 5	55−60 −282%	210−220 +282%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 −281%	240−250 +281%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −255%	500−550 +255%
Hitman 3	45−50 −275%	180−190 +275%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 −260%	400−450 +260%
Metro Exodus	80−85 −266%	300−310 +266%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 −271%	230−240 +271%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 −275%	300−310 +275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 −265%	190−200 +265%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 −247%	350−400 +247%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 −265%	190−200 +265%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 −266%	150−160 +266%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −267%	180−190 +267%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 −259%	140−150 +259%
Far Cry 5	55−60 −282%	210−220 +282%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −255%	500−550 +255%
Hitman 3	45−50 −275%	180−190 +275%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 −260%	400−450 +260%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 −275%	300−310 +275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 −265%	190−200 +265%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 −247%	350−400 +247%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

60−65
−271%

230−240

+271%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −278%	170−180 +278%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −261%	130−140 +261%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −280%	95−100 +280%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 −270%	85−90 +270%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −270%	100−105 +270%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −267%	55−60 +267%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −257%	100−105 +257%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 −268%	500−550 +268%
Hitman 3	27−30 −257%	100−105 +257%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 −267%	180−190 +267%
Metro Exodus	45−50 −278%	170−180 +278%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −273%	190−200 +273%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 −279%	110−120 +279%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 −268%	500−550 +268%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45
−275%

150−160

+275%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 −270%	85−90 +270%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −261%	65−70 +261%
Hitman 3	18−20 −268%	70−75 +268%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 −266%	450−500 +266%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −270%	100−105 +270%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −265%	95−100 +265%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −246%	45−50 +246%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −246%	45−50 +246%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −246%	45−50 +246%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −264%	120−130 +264%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 −279%	110−120 +279%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

−281%

80−85
+281%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	24.51	93.82
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	6 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	425 Watt

Arc A550M has 608.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 D, on the other hand, has a 282.8% higher aggregate performance score, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 D is our recommended choice as it beats the Arc A550M in performance tests.

Be aware that Arc A550M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 D is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.