Switch 2 GPU vs Arc A550M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking260not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency28.46no data
ArchitectureGeneration 12.7 (2022−2023)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameDG2-512GA10B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date2022 (3 years ago)5 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

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 cores20481536
Core clock speed900 MHz561 MHz
Boost clock speed2050 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors21,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology6 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate262.467.20
Floating-point processing power8.397 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs12848
Tensor Cores25648
Ray Tracing Cores1612

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Lengthno data272 mm

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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s102.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data
Resizable BAR++

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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS++

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 6 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 40 Watt

Arc A550M has a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

Switch 2 GPU, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Arc A550M and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Arc A550M is a notebook graphics card while Switch 2 GPU is a desktop one.

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