Arc A550M vs Radeon 540X

Place in the ranking	711	228
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.15	28.18
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Lexa	DG2-512
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	5 September 2018 (6 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	512	2048
Core clock speed	980 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1046 MHz	2050 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.47	262.4
Floating-point processing power	1.071 TFLOPS	8.397 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	48 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

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3

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.

Radeon 540X 3.74

Arc A550M 24.56
+557%

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.

Radeon 540X 2779

Arc A550M 14350
+416%

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

Radeon 540X 797

Arc A550M 5830
+631%

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

−532%

120−130
+532%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −309%	45−50 +309%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 −456%	50−55 +456%
Elden Ring	14 −471%	80−85 +471%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −650%	75−80 +650%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −309%	45−50 +309%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −525%	50−55 +525%
Forza Horizon 4	23 −365%	100−110 +365%
Metro Exodus	16 −300%	60−65 +300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	19 −184%	50−55 +184%
Valorant	5−6 −1880%	95−100 +1880%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −650%	75−80 +650%
Counter-Strike 2	5 −800%	45−50 +800%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −525%	50−55 +525%
Dota 2	26 −227%	85−90 +227%
Elden Ring	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Far Cry 5	19 −300%	75−80 +300%
Fortnite	21−24 −490%	120−130 +490%
Forza Horizon 4	20 −435%	100−110 +435%
Grand Theft Auto V	15 −460%	80−85 +460%
Metro Exodus	8 −700%	60−65 +700%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	49 −216%	150−160 +216%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −350%	50−55 +350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −508%	75−80 +508%
Valorant	11 −800%	95−100 +800%
World of Tanks	55 −365%	250−260 +365%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −650%	75−80 +650%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −309%	45−50 +309%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −525%	50−55 +525%
Dota 2	44 −93.2%	85−90 +93.2%
Far Cry 5	19 −300%	75−80 +300%
Forza Horizon 4	17 −529%	100−110 +529%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −370%	150−160 +370%
Valorant	5−6 −1880%	95−100 +1880%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	2−3 −1950%	40−45 +1950%
Elden Ring	4−5 −975%	40−45 +975%
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3 −1950%	40−45 +1950%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −573%	170−180 +573%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −667%	21−24 +667%
World of Tanks	24−27 −527%	160−170 +527%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −1125%	45−50 +1125%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −133%	21−24 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −600%	21−24 +600%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −788%	70−75 +788%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −2067%	65−70 +2067%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −620%	35−40 +620%
Valorant	10−12 −500%	65−70 +500%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −169%	40−45 +169%
Elden Ring	2−3 −850%	18−20 +850%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −169%	40−45 +169%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12 −582%	75−80 +582%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −163%	40−45 +163%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −767%	24−27 +767%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Dota 2	16−18 −169%	40−45 +169%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −700%	30−35 +700%
Fortnite	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −3700%	35−40 +3700%
Valorant	3−4 −967%	30−35 +967%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Metro Exodus

55−60

+0%

55−60

+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2

21−24

+0%

21−24

+0%

This is how Radeon 540X and Arc A550M compete in popular games:

Arc A550M is 532% faster in 1080p

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Arc A550M is 3700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Arc A550M is ahead in 59 tests (94%)
there's a draw in 4 tests (6%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.74	24.56
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	60 Watt

Radeon 540X has 20% lower power consumption.

Arc A550M, on the other hand, has a 556.7% higher aggregate performance score, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A550M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 540X in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.