Arc A550M vs GeForce GT 735M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GT 735M and Arc A550M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Arc A550M outperforms GT 735M by a whopping 1355% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in the ranking | 952 | 241 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Power efficiency | 3.51 | 28.08 |
Architecture | Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015) | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) |
GPU code name | GK208 | DG2-512 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Release date | 1 April 2013 (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 | 575 MHz | 900 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 889 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 | 18.40 | 262.4 |
Floating-point processing power | 0.4416 TFLOPS | 8.397 TFLOPS |
ROPs | 8 | 64 |
TMUs | 32 | 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).
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 |
Standard memory configuration | DDR3 | no data |
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
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 | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
eDP 1.2 signal support | Up to 3840x2160 | no data |
LVDS signal support | Up to 1920x1200 | no data |
VGA аnalog display support | Up to 2048x1536 | no data |
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | Up to 3840x2160 | no data |
HDMI | + | - |
HDCP content protection | + | - |
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | + | - |
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
Blu-Ray 3D Support | + | - |
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | + | - |
Optimus | + | - |
3D Vision / 3DTV Play | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 API | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.6 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.3 |
CUDA | + | - |
DLSS | - | + |
Synthetic benchmark performance
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.
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.
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:
900p | 17
−1312%
| 240−250
+1312%
|
Full HD | 21
−1329%
| 300−350
+1329%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−1567%
|
50−55
+1567%
|
Hogwarts Legacy | 2−3
−2300%
|
45−50
+2300%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
Battlefield 5 | 3−4
−2967%
|
90−95
+2967%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−1567%
|
50−55
+1567%
|
Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 75−80 |
Fortnite | 6−7
−1833%
|
110−120
+1833%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
−1050%
|
90−95
+1050%
|
Forza Horizon 5 | 0−1 | 70−75 |
Hogwarts Legacy | 2−3
−2300%
|
45−50
+2300%
|
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11
−800%
|
90−95
+800%
|
Valorant | 35−40
−347%
|
160−170
+347%
|
Full HD
High Preset
Battlefield 5 | 3−4
−2967%
|
90−95
+2967%
|
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 32
−688%
|
250−260
+688%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−1567%
|
50−55
+1567%
|
Dota 2 | 18−20
−532%
|
120−130
+532%
|
Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 75−80 |
Fortnite | 6−7
−1833%
|
110−120
+1833%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
−1050%
|
90−95
+1050%
|
Forza Horizon 5 | 0−1 | 70−75 |
Grand Theft Auto V | 2−3
−4150%
|
85−90
+4150%
|
Hogwarts Legacy | 2−3
−2300%
|
45−50
+2300%
|
Metro Exodus | 2−3
−2450%
|
50−55
+2450%
|
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11
−800%
|
90−95
+800%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−1050%
|
65−70
+1050%
|
Valorant | 35−40
−347%
|
160−170
+347%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Battlefield 5 | 3−4
−2967%
|
90−95
+2967%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−1567%
|
50−55
+1567%
|
Dota 2 | 18−20
−532%
|
120−130
+532%
|
Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 75−80 |
Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
−1050%
|
90−95
+1050%
|
Hogwarts Legacy | 2−3
−2300%
|
45−50
+2300%
|
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11
−800%
|
90−95
+800%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−1050%
|
65−70
+1050%
|
Valorant | 35−40
−347%
|
160−170
+347%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
Fortnite | 6−7
−1833%
|
110−120
+1833%
|
1440p
High Preset
Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2
−5000%
|
50−55
+5000%
|
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 10−11
−1540%
|
160−170
+1540%
|
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−1060%
|
170−180
+1060%
|
Valorant | 9−10
−2122%
|
200−210
+2122%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−2200%
|
21−24
+2200%
|
Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−2550%
|
50−55
+2550%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−1400%
|
60−65
+1400%
|
Hogwarts Legacy | 0−1 | 24−27 |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
−1850%
|
35−40
+1850%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
Fortnite | 3−4
−1733%
|
55−60
+1733%
|
4K
High Preset
Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−187%
|
40−45
+187%
|
Valorant | 8−9
−1575%
|
130−140
+1575%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 10−11 |
Dota 2 | 2−3
−3700%
|
75−80
+3700%
|
Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−1200%
|
24−27
+1200%
|
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 3−4
−700%
|
24−27
+700%
|
4K
Epic Preset
Fortnite | 3−4
−733%
|
24−27
+733%
|
Full HD
Low Preset
Counter-Strike 2 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
Counter-Strike 2 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
Counter-Strike 2 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
Grand Theft Auto V | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
Metro Exodus | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
Battlefield 5 | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
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 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
Battlefield 5 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
Counter-Strike 2 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
Hogwarts Legacy | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
This is how GT 735M and Arc A550M compete in popular games:
- Arc A550M is 1312% faster in 900p
- Arc A550M is 1329% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Counter-Strike 2, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the Arc A550M is 5000% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Arc A550M is ahead in 45 tests (76%)
- there's a draw in 14 tests (24%)
Pros & cons summary
Performance score | 1.46 | 21.25 |
Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 6 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 33 Watt | 60 Watt |
GT 735M has 81.8% lower power consumption.
Arc A550M, on the other hand, has a 1355.5% higher aggregate performance score, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Arc A550M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 735M in performance tests.
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