Arc A370M vs Radeon HD 8550M

Place in the ranking	972	382
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	26.19
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Sun	DG2-128
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	13 July 2014 (10 years ago)	30 March 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 cores	320	1024
Core clock speed	650 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	1550 MHz
Number of transistors	690 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.00	99.20
Floating-point processing power	0.544 TFLOPS	3.174 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	20	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	8

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 size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8

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	DDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	112.0 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 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	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.

HD 8550M 1.50

Arc A370M 13.26
+784%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 8550M 1307

Arc A370M 12090
+825%

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	4−5 −900%	40 +900%
1440p	2−3 −950%	21 +950%
4K	3−4 −1033%	34 +1033%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−1050%

46
+1050%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −500%	35−40 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −700%	30−35 +700%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −825%	37 +825%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1750%	35−40 +1750%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −1333%	40−45 +1333%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −3300%	100−110 +3300%
Hitman 3	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −433%	80−85 +433%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −2050%	40−45 +2050%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −538%	50−55 +538%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −142%	80−85 +142%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −500%	35−40 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −700%	30−35 +700%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −525%	25 +525%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1750%	35−40 +1750%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −1333%	40−45 +1333%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −3300%	100−110 +3300%
Hitman 3	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −433%	80−85 +433%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −2050%	40−45 +2050%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −675%	62 +675%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −236%	35−40 +236%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −142%	80−85 +142%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −500%	35−40 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −700%	30−35 +700%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −425%	21 +425%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1750%	35−40 +1750%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −3300%	100−110 +3300%
Hitman 3	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −433%	80−85 +433%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −563%	53 +563%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −136%	26 +136%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +120%	15 −120%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−2050%

40−45
+2050%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1450%	30−35 +1450%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	16−18
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Hitman 3	7−8 −171%	18−20 +171%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −540%	30−35 +540%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −1600%	16−18 +1600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −1271%	95−100 +1271%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−550%

24−27
+550%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−1100%

12−14
+1100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	8−9
Far Cry 5	0−1	8−9

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−367%

14−16
+367%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	33 +0%	33 +0%
Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20 +0%	20 +0%
Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	13 +0%	13 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	37 +0%	37 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Hitman 3	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

This is how HD 8550M and Arc A370M compete in popular games:

Arc A370M is 900% faster in 1080p
Arc A370M is 950% faster in 1440p
Arc A370M is 1033% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 8550M is 120% faster.
in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Arc A370M is 3300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD 8550M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
Arc A370M is ahead in 48 tests (70%)
there's a draw in 20 tests (29%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.50	13.26
Recency	13 July 2014	30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm

Arc A370M has a 784% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A370M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8550M in performance tests.

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