Arc A550M vs Radeon 680M

Place in the ranking	501	228
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	11.96	28.26
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Rembrandt+	DG2-512
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 January 2023 (2 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	768	2048
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	2200 MHz	2050 MHz
Number of transistors	13,100 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	105.6	262.4
Floating-point processing power	3.379 TFLOPS	8.397 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	64
TMUs	48	128
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	12	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 4.0 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	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	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

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	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 680M 8.67

Arc A550M 24.59
+184%

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 680M 6865

Arc A550M 14350
+109%

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

Radeon 680M 2303

Arc A550M 5830
+153%

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	37 −170%	100−110 +170%
1440p	18 −178%	50−55 +178%
4K	10 −170%	27−30 +170%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	28 −60.7%	45−50 +60.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	39 −28.2%	50−55 +28.2%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −168%	75−80 +168%
Counter-Strike 2	26 −73.1%	45−50 +73.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	14 −257%	50−55 +257%
Forza Horizon 4	56 −92.9%	100−110 +92.9%
Forza Horizon 5	38 −71.1%	65−70 +71.1%
Metro Exodus	39 −66.7%	65−70 +66.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −125%	50−55 +125%
Valorant	161 +62.6%	95−100 −62.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −168%	75−80 +168%
Counter-Strike 2	21 −114%	45−50 +114%
Cyberpunk 2077	11 −355%	50−55 +355%
Dota 2	48 −77.1%	85−90 +77.1%
Far Cry 5	36 −111%	75−80 +111%
Fortnite	50−55 −143%	120−130 +143%
Forza Horizon 4	47 −130%	100−110 +130%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 −210%	65−70 +210%
Grand Theft Auto V	36 −133%	80−85 +133%
Metro Exodus	27 −141%	65−70 +141%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	65−70 −128%	150−160 +128%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −125%	50−55 +125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −208%	80−85 +208%
Valorant	30 −230%	95−100 +230%
World of Tanks	120−130 −98.4%	250−260 +98.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −168%	75−80 +168%
Counter-Strike 2	18 −150%	45−50 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 −456%	50−55 +456%
Dota 2	61 −39.3%	85−90 +39.3%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −105%	75−80 +105%
Forza Horizon 4	40 −170%	100−110 +170%
Forza Horizon 5	26 −150%	65−70 +150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	65−70 −128%	150−160 +128%
Valorant	146 +47.5%	95−100 −47.5%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	17 −141%	40−45 +141%
Grand Theft Auto V	17 −147%	40−45 +147%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 −317%	170−180 +317%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −229%	21−24 +229%
World of Tanks	60−65 −163%	160−170 +163%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −213%	50−55 +213%
Counter-Strike 2	10 −210%	30−35 +210%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 −320%	21−24 +320%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −294%	70−75 +294%
Forza Horizon 4	27 −141%	65−70 +141%
Forza Horizon 5	12−14 −200%	35−40 +200%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −273%	55−60 +273%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17 −112%	35−40 +112%
Valorant	21−24 −200%	65−70 +200%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −633%	21−24 +633%
Dota 2	18−20 −126%	40−45 +126%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 −126%	40−45 +126%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −375%	18−20 +375%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −200%	75−80 +200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −121%	40−45 +121%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −271%	24−27 +271%
Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −633%	21−24 +633%
Cyberpunk 2077	2 −300%	8−9 +300%
Dota 2	18 −139%	40−45 +139%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −230%	30−35 +230%
Fortnite	9−10 −244%	30−35 +244%
Forza Horizon 4	14 −171%	35−40 +171%
Forza Horizon 5	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
Valorant	8−9 −300%	30−35 +300%

This is how Radeon 680M and Arc A550M compete in popular games:

Arc A550M is 170% faster in 1080p
Arc A550M is 178% faster in 1440p
Arc A550M is 170% faster in 4K

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

in Valorant, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 680M is 63% faster.
in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Arc A550M is 633% faster.

All in all, in popular games: