Arc A550M vs GeForce 940M

Place in the ranking	845	278
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.28	28.93
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	GM108	DG2-512
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	13 March 2015 (10 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	1072 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz	2050 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.22	262.4
Floating-point processing power	0.9032 TFLOPS	8.397 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	64
TMUs	24	128
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16
L1 Cache	192 KB	3 MB
L2 Cache	1024 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
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16

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	2 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.

GPU Boost	2.0	no data
Optimus	+	-
GameWorks	+	-

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	4.5	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 940M 2.56

Arc A550M 21.43
+737%

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 940M 1622

Arc A550M 14350
+785%

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	19 −689%	150−160 +689%
1440p	96 −733%	800−850 +733%
4K	20 −700%	160−170 +700%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −1538%	130−140 +1538%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −733%	50−55 +733%
Hogwarts Legacy	7−8 −557%	45−50 +557%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	17 −441%	90−95 +441%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −1538%	130−140 +1538%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −733%	50−55 +733%
Far Cry 5	11 −582%	75−80 +582%
Fortnite	36 −219%	110−120 +219%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −557%	90−95 +557%
Forza Horizon 5	6−7 −1117%	70−75 +1117%
Hogwarts Legacy	7−8 −557%	45−50 +557%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14 −543%	90−95 +543%
Valorant	45−50 −260%	160−170 +260%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	13 −608%	90−95 +608%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −1538%	130−140 +1538%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	68 −272%	250−260 +272%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −733%	50−55 +733%
Dota 2	49 −145%	120−130 +145%
Far Cry 5	10 −650%	75−80 +650%
Fortnite	12 −858%	110−120 +858%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −557%	90−95 +557%
Forza Horizon 5	6−7 −1117%	70−75 +1117%
Grand Theft Auto V	7 −1100%	80−85 +1100%
Hogwarts Legacy	7−8 −557%	45−50 +557%
Metro Exodus	2 −2450%	50−55 +2450%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −592%	90−95 +592%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10 −580%	65−70 +580%
Valorant	45−50 −260%	160−170 +260%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	11 −736%	90−95 +736%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −733%	50−55 +733%
Dota 2	45 −167%	120−130 +167%
Far Cry 5	10 −650%	75−80 +650%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −557%	90−95 +557%
Hogwarts Legacy	7−8 −557%	45−50 +557%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −592%	90−95 +592%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 −1033%	65−70 +1033%
Valorant	45−50 −260%	160−170 +260%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

14−16

−721%

110−120
+721%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −717%	45−50 +717%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	20−22 −725%	160−170 +725%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −3000%	30−35 +3000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −625%	170−180 +625%
Valorant	24−27 −696%	190−200 +696%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1050%	21−24 +1050%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −1225%	50−55 +1225%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −743%	55−60 +743%
Hogwarts Legacy	3−4 −767%	24−27 +767%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −825%	35−40 +825%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

5−6

−1000%

55−60
+1000%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −187%	40−45 +187%
Valorant	12−14 −938%	130−140 +938%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	10−11
Dota 2	7−8 −986%	75−80 +986%
Far Cry 5	2 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%
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%

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%
Hogwarts Legacy	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

This is how GeForce 940M and Arc A550M compete in popular games:

Arc A550M is 689% faster in 1080p
Arc A550M is 733% faster in 1440p
Arc A550M is 700% faster in 4K

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

in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the Arc A550M is 3000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Arc A550M performs better in 56 tests (86%)
there's a draw in 9 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.56	21.43
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	60 Watt

Arc A550M has a 737.1% higher aggregate performance score, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

The Arc A550M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 940M in performance tests.