Arc A550M vs GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q

Place in performance ranking	304	214
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	10.56	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	Xe HPG (2020−2022)
GPU code name	N18P-G62 Max-Q	Alchemist
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	2 April 2020 (4 years ago)	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price	$1183	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1024	16
Core clock speed	1035 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	2005 MHz
Number of transistors	4,700 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	80 Watt (60 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	76.80	115.2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q and Arc A550M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	10000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	192.0 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

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.140	1.3
CUDA	7.5	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q 16.62

Arc A550M 23.73
+42.8%

Arc A550M outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q by 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q 8564

Arc A550M 14350
+67.6%

Arc A550M outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q by 68% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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	54 −38.9%	75−80 +38.9%
1440p	28 −25%	35−40 +25%
4K	23 −30.4%	30−35 +30.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

24−27

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Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	49	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38	no data
Battlefield 5	50−55	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27	no data
Far Cry 5	35−40	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50	no data
Forza Horizon 4	75−80	no data
Hitman 3	45	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	107	no data
Metro Exodus	86	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	63	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	77	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	49	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	41	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24	no data
Battlefield 5	50−55	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	34	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27	no data
Far Cry 5	35−40	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50	no data
Forza Horizon 4	75−80	no data
Hitman 3	36	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70	no data
Metro Exodus	58	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	53	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	62	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	54	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	193	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	19	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	22	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27	no data
Far Cry 5	35−40	no data
Forza Horizon 4	75−80	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	57	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	54	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	32	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	16	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	33	no data
Forza Horizon 4	30−35	no data
Hitman 3	25	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	41	no data
Metro Exodus	30−33	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	14	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14	no data
Hitman 3	14	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	15	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Far Cry 5	9−10	no data
Forza Horizon 4	21−24	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	22	no data
Metro Exodus	16−18	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

no data

This is how GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q and Arc A550M compete in popular games:

Arc A550M is 39% faster in 1080p
Arc A550M is 25% faster in 1440p
Arc A550M is 30% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	16.62	23.73
Recency	2 April 2020	30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	80 Watt