Arc A550M vs FirePro V4900

Place in the ranking	824	227
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.36	28.16
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Turks	DG2-512
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	1 November 2011 (13 years ago)	2022 (3 years ago)

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	480	2048
Core clock speed	800 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2050 MHz
Number of transistors	716 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.20	262.4
Floating-point processing power	0.768 TFLOPS	8.397 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	64
TMUs	24	128
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	163 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	224.0 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

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.6
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3

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

Counter-Strike 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Elden Ring	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Valorant	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Dota 2	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Elden Ring	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Far Cry 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Fortnite	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Valorant	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
World of Tanks	250−260 +0%	250−260 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Dota 2	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Valorant	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Elden Ring	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
World of Tanks	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Valorant	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Dota 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Elden Ring	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Dota 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Fortnite	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Valorant	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.57	24.55
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	60 Watt

Arc A550M has a 855.3% higher aggregate performance score, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 566.7% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

The Arc A550M is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro V4900 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro V4900 is a workstation card while Arc A550M is a notebook one.

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