Arc A550M vs GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile and Arc A550M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 3080 Mobile
2021
8 GB GDDR6, 115 Watt
42.63
+73.9%

RTX 3080 Mobile outperforms Arc A550M by an impressive 74% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking90221
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency25.7428.37
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGA104DG2-512
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)2022 (2 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 cores61442048
Core clock speed1110 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHz2050 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate296.6262.4
Floating-point processing power18.98 TFLOPS8.397 TFLOPS
ROPs9664
TMUs192128
Tensor Cores192256
Ray Tracing Cores4816

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s224.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.6-

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 3080 Mobile 42.63
+73.9%
Arc A550M 24.51

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 3080 Mobile 27194
+89.5%
Arc A550M 14350

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 3080 Mobile 10752
+84.4%
Arc A550M 5830

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 HD119
+83.1%
65−70
−83.1%
1440p77
+92.5%
40−45
−92.5%
4K47
+74.1%
27−30
−74.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 134
+244%
35−40
−244%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 122
+135%
50−55
−135%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 98
+139%
40−45
−139%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+70.5%
75−80
−70.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+71.4%
45−50
−71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 117
+200%
35−40
−200%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+60%
55−60
−60%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+61.9%
60−65
−61.9%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+39.7%
140−150
−39.7%
Hitman 3 130
+171%
45−50
−171%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+53.2%
110−120
−53.2%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+58.5%
80−85
−58.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+53.2%
60−65
−53.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+91.3%
80−85
−91.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+30.7%
100−110
−30.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 188
+262%
50−55
−262%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 79
+92.7%
40−45
−92.7%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+70.5%
75−80
−70.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+71.4%
45−50
−71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 99
+154%
35−40
−154%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+60%
55−60
−60%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+61.9%
60−65
−61.9%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+39.7%
140−150
−39.7%
Hitman 3 117
+144%
45−50
−144%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+53.2%
110−120
−53.2%
Metro Exodus 144
+75.6%
80−85
−75.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 96
+54.8%
60−65
−54.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 213
+166%
80−85
−166%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+63.5%
50−55
−63.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 227
+125%
100−110
−125%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75
+44.2%
50−55
−44.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 69
+68.3%
40−45
−68.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+71.4%
45−50
−71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 90
+131%
35−40
−131%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+60%
55−60
−60%
Forza Horizon 4 157
+11.3%
140−150
−11.3%
Hitman 3 108
+125%
45−50
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 155
+39.6%
110−120
−39.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 185
+131%
80−85
−131%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 106
+104%
50−55
−104%
Watch Dogs: Legion 74
−36.5%
100−110
+36.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95
+53.2%
60−65
−53.2%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
+77.8%
45−50
−77.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+75%
35−40
−75%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 62
+148%
24−27
−148%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60
+161%
21−24
−161%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+81.5%
27−30
−81.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+127%
14−16
−127%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+71.4%
27−30
−71.4%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+69.1%
130−140
−69.1%
Hitman 3 76
+171%
27−30
−171%
Horizon Zero Dawn 121
+147%
45−50
−147%
Metro Exodus 90
+100%
45−50
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 141
+176%
50−55
−176%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 79
+172%
27−30
−172%
Watch Dogs: Legion 177
+30.1%
130−140
−30.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 83
+108%
40−45
−108%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
+82.6%
21−24
−82.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+94.4%
18−20
−94.4%
Hitman 3 47
+147%
18−20
−147%
Horizon Zero Dawn 33
−273%
120−130
+273%
Metro Exodus 74
+174%
27−30
−174%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70
+169%
24−27
−169%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 43
+207%
14−16
−207%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 38
+192%
12−14
−192%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+108%
12−14
−108%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+150%
6−7
−150%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+92.3%
12−14
−92.3%
Forza Horizon 4 87
+164%
30−35
−164%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 79
+172%
27−30
−172%
Watch Dogs: Legion 33
+200%
10−12
−200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 46
+119%
21−24
−119%

This is how RTX 3080 Mobile and Arc A550M compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3080 Mobile is 83% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3080 Mobile is 93% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3080 Mobile is 74% faster in 4K

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3080 Mobile is 262% faster.
  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Arc A550M is 273% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3080 Mobile is ahead in 70 tests (97%)
  • Arc A550M is ahead in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 42.63 24.51
Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 60 Watt

RTX 3080 Mobile has a 73.9% higher aggregate performance score.

Arc A550M, on the other hand, has a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 91.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Arc A550M in performance tests.


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