Arc A550M vs GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Place in the ranking	91	226
Place by popularity	17	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	46.90	no data
Power efficiency	16.81	28.04
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	TU106	DG2-512
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	9 July 2019 (5 years ago)	2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	2176	2048
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	2050 MHz
Number of transistors	10,800 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	224.4	262.4
Floating-point processing power	7.181 TFLOPS	8.397 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	64
TMUs	136	128
Tensor Cores	272	256
Ray Tracing Cores	34	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 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	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	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 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, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	7.5	-

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. 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.

RTX 2060 Super 42.88
+74.9%

Arc A550M 24.52

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.

RTX 2060 Super 22243
+55%

Arc A550M 14350

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	117 +80%	65−70 −80%
1440p	67 +91.4%	35−40 −91.4%
4K	42 +75%	24−27 −75%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	3.41	no data
1440p	5.96	no data
4K	9.50	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

88
+126%

35−40

−126%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	101 +94.2%	50−55 −94.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	81 +97.6%	40−45 −97.6%
Battlefield 5	163 +109%	75−80 −109%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	102 +108%	45−50 −108%
Cyberpunk 2077	79 +103%	35−40 −103%
Far Cry 5	130 +136%	55−60 −136%
Far Cry New Dawn	144 +129%	60−65 −129%
Forza Horizon 4	299 +112%	140−150 −112%
Hitman 3	94 +95.8%	45−50 −95.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn	298 +168%	110−120 −168%
Metro Exodus	144 +75.6%	80−85 −75.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	122 +96.8%	60−65 −96.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	205 +156%	80−85 −156%
Watch Dogs: Legion	229 +127%	100−110 −127%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	147 +183%	50−55 −183%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	68 +65.9%	40−45 −65.9%
Battlefield 5	150 +92.3%	75−80 −92.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95 +93.9%	45−50 −93.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	71 +82.1%	35−40 −82.1%
Far Cry 5	108 +96.4%	55−60 −96.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	106 +68.3%	60−65 −68.3%
Forza Horizon 4	271 +92.2%	140−150 −92.2%
Hitman 3	98 +104%	45−50 −104%
Horizon Zero Dawn	293 +164%	110−120 −164%
Metro Exodus	144 +75.6%	80−85 −75.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	95 +53.2%	60−65 −53.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	184 +130%	80−85 −130%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85−90 +69.2%	50−55 −69.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	216 +114%	100−110 −114%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	61 +17.3%	50−55 −17.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	61 +48.8%	40−45 −48.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	71 +44.9%	45−50 −44.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	62 +59%	35−40 −59%
Far Cry 5	74 +34.5%	55−60 −34.5%
Forza Horizon 4	120 −17.5%	140−150 +17.5%
Hitman 3	84 +75%	45−50 −75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	131 +18%	110−120 −18%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	156 +95%	80−85 −95%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85 +63.5%	50−55 −63.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	59 −71.2%	100−110 +71.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

114
+83.9%

60−65

−83.9%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	96 +113%	45−50 −113%
Far Cry New Dawn	74 +106%	35−40 −106%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	52 +108%	24−27 −108%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	47 +104%	21−24 −104%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	53 +96.3%	27−30 −96.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	40 +167%	14−16 −167%
Far Cry 5	57 +104%	27−30 −104%
Forza Horizon 4	259 +90.4%	130−140 −90.4%
Hitman 3	58 +107%	27−30 −107%
Horizon Zero Dawn	99 +102%	45−50 −102%
Metro Exodus	87 +93.3%	45−50 −93.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	114 +124%	50−55 −124%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 +121%	27−30 −121%
Watch Dogs: Legion	212 +55.9%	130−140 −55.9%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

82
+105%

40−45

−105%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	47 +104%	21−24 −104%
Far Cry New Dawn	41 +128%	18−20 −128%
Hitman 3	39 +105%	18−20 −105%
Horizon Zero Dawn	105 −17.1%	120−130 +17.1%
Metro Exodus	64 +137%	27−30 −137%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	59 +127%	24−27 −127%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35 +150%	14−16 −150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	29 +123%	12−14 −123%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30 +131%	12−14 −131%
Cyberpunk 2077	19 +217%	6−7 −217%
Far Cry 5	30 +131%	12−14 −131%
Forza Horizon 4	67 +103%	30−35 −103%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65 +124%	27−30 −124%
Watch Dogs: Legion	25 +127%	10−12 −127%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

42
+100%

21−24

−100%

This is how RTX 2060 Super and Arc A550M compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 Super is 80% faster in 1080p
RTX 2060 Super is 91% faster in 1440p
RTX 2060 Super is 75% faster in 4K

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2060 Super is 217% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Arc A550M is 71% faster.

All in all, in popular games: