Arc A550M vs GeForce 825M

Place in the ranking	960	276
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.24	29.00
Architecture	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	GK208	DG2-512
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	27 January 2014 (11 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	384	2048
Core clock speed	850 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	941 MHz	2050 MHz
Number of transistors	915 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	30.11	262.4
Floating-point processing power	0.7227 TFLOPS	8.397 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	64
TMUs	32	128
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16
L1 Cache	32 KB	3 MB
L2 Cache	128 KB	8 MB

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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
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	DDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	+	-
DLSS	-	+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GeForce 825M 1.82

Arc A550M 22.64
+1144%

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.

GeForce 825M 1150

Arc A550M 14350
+1148%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

−1043%

400−450
+1043%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −4267%	130−140 +4267%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1150%	50−55 +1150%
Hogwarts Legacy	6−7 −667%	45−50 +667%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	4−5 −2200%	90−95 +2200%
Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −4267%	130−140 +4267%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1150%	50−55 +1150%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1400%	75−80 +1400%
Fortnite	8−9 −1338%	110−120 +1338%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −820%	90−95 +820%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −2333%	70−75 +2333%
Hogwarts Legacy	6−7 −667%	45−50 +667%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12 −718%	90−95 +718%
Valorant	35−40 −326%	160−170 +326%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	4−5 −2200%	90−95 +2200%
Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −4267%	130−140 +4267%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	35−40 −566%	250−260 +566%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1150%	50−55 +1150%
Dota 2	21−24 −471%	120−130 +471%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1400%	75−80 +1400%
Fortnite	8−9 −1338%	110−120 +1338%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −820%	90−95 +820%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −2333%	70−75 +2333%
Grand Theft Auto V	3−4 −2700%	80−85 +2700%
Hogwarts Legacy	6−7 −667%	45−50 +667%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −1600%	50−55 +1600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12 −718%	90−95 +718%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −750%	65−70 +750%
Valorant	35−40 −326%	160−170 +326%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	4−5 −2200%	90−95 +2200%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1150%	50−55 +1150%
Dota 2	21−24 −471%	120−130 +471%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1400%	75−80 +1400%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −820%	90−95 +820%
Hogwarts Legacy	6−7 −667%	45−50 +667%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12 −718%	90−95 +718%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −750%	65−70 +750%
Valorant	35−40 −326%	160−170 +326%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

8−9

−1338%

110−120
+1338%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	5−6 −880%	45−50 +880%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	12−14 −1162%	160−170 +1162%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 −867%	170−180 +867%
Valorant	12−14 −1431%	190−200 +1431%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2550%	50−55 +2550%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −1080%	55−60 +1080%
Hogwarts Legacy	2−3 −1200%	24−27 +1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −1100%	35−40 +1100%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

3−4

−1733%

55−60
+1733%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −207%	40−45 +207%
Valorant	9−10 −1400%	130−140 +1400%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2	3−4 −2467%	75−80 +2467%
Far Cry 5	0−1	27−30
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	40−45
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 −700%	24−27 +700%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

3−4

−733%

24−27
+733%

1440p
High

Grand Theft Auto V	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5

65−70

+0%

65−70

+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

This is how GeForce 825M and Arc A550M compete in popular games:

Arc A550M is 1043% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Counter-Strike 2, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the Arc A550M is 4267% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Arc A550M performs better in 53 tests (83%)
there's a draw in 11 tests (17%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.82	22.64
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	60 Watt

GeForce 825M has 81.8% lower power consumption.

Arc A550M, on the other hand, has a 1144% higher aggregate performance score, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A550M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 825M in performance tests.