Arc A550M vs RTX A5000 Mobile

Place in performance ranking	99	214
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	Xe HPG (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GA104	Alchemist
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)

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	6144	16
Core clock speed	1215 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	2005 MHz
Number of transistors	17,400 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)	80 Watt (60 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	302.4	115.2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on RTX A5000 Mobile 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	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 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

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.3
CUDA	8.6	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.

RTX A5000 Mobile 39.69
+67.3%

Arc A550M 23.73

RTX A5000 Mobile outperforms Arc A550M by 67% 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%

RTX A5000 Mobile 27271
+90%

Arc A550M 14350

RTX A5000 Mobile outperforms Arc A550M by 90% 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	108 +80%	60−65 −80%
1440p	66 +88.6%	35−40 −88.6%
4K	48 +77.8%	27−30 −77.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

70−75

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	76	no data
Battlefield 5	120−130	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75	no data
Far Cry 5	85−90	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100	no data
Forza Horizon 4	150−160	no data
Hitman 3	80−85	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	181	no data
Metro Exodus	110−120	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	95−100	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	231	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	64	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	64	no data
Battlefield 5	120−130	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75	no data
Far Cry 5	85−90	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100	no data
Forza Horizon 4	150−160	no data
Hitman 3	40	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170	no data
Metro Exodus	39	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	95−100	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	192	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	150	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75	no data
Far Cry 5	85−90	no data
Forza Horizon 4	150−160	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	133	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	160	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	90	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	45	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

95−100

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	90−95	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	44	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	60−65	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35	no data
Far Cry 5	79	no data
Forza Horizon 4	80−85	no data
Hitman 3	50−55	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90	no data
Metro Exodus	62	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	129	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	43	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

65−70

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35	no data
Hitman 3	38	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	38	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	58	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	29	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	no data
Far Cry 5	21−24	no data
Forza Horizon 4	55−60	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	63	no data
Metro Exodus	43	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	26	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

no data

This is how RTX A5000 Mobile and Arc A550M compete in popular games:

RTX A5000 Mobile is 80% faster in 1080p
RTX A5000 Mobile is 89% faster in 1440p
RTX A5000 Mobile is 78% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	39.69	23.73
Recency	12 April 2021	30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	80 Watt