Arc A580 vs Radeon HD 8550M

Place in performance ranking	956	85
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.06	39.25
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	no data
GPU code name	Sun	DG2-512
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	16 November 2012 (11 years ago)	10 October 2023 (less than a year ago)
Current price	$338	$337

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Arc A580 has 65317% better value for money than HD 8550M.

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	384	3072
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	2000 MHz
Number of transistors	690 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.00	384.0
Floating-point performance	544.0 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8550M and Arc A580 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-pin

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	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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 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.

HD 8550M 1.42

Arc A580 41.41
+2816%

Arc A580 outperforms Radeon HD 8550M by 2816% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 8550M 1307

Arc A580 35210
+2594%

Arc A580 outperforms Radeon HD 8550M by 2594% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 8550M 3705

Arc A580 95677
+2482%

Arc A580 outperforms Radeon HD 8550M by 2482% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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	3−4 −3200%	99 +3200%
1440p	1−2 −5500%	56 +5500%
4K	1−2 −3500%	36 +3500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5
−2650%

110−120

+2650%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −5050%	103 +5050%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2000%	80−85 +2000%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2650%	110−120 +2650%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −4300%	85−90 +4300%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −3300%	100−110 +3300%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −2575%	107 +2575%
Hitman 3	3−4 −2733%	85−90 +2733%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1250%	189 +1250%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −4800%	95−100 +4800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −2767%	258 +2767%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −675%	93 +675%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −4200%	86 +4200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2000%	80−85 +2000%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2650%	110−120 +2650%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −4300%	85−90 +4300%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −3300%	100−110 +3300%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −3750%	150−160 +3750%
Hitman 3	3−4 −2733%	85−90 +2733%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1107%	160−170 +1107%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −4800%	95−100 +4800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −2278%	214 +2278%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −3380%	174 +3380%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −733%	100−105 +733%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −3100%	64 +3100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2000%	80−85 +2000%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2650%	110−120 +2650%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −4300%	85−90 +4300%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −2075%	87 +2075%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −679%	109 +679%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −1867%	177 +1867%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −1260%	68 +1260%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −400%	60 +400%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−4800%

95−100
+4800%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −3900%	80−85 +3900%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −9600%	95−100 +9600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −5300%	54 +5300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1500%	60−65 +1500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −4250%	87 +4250%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −7400%	75 +7400%
Hitman 3	7−8 −671%	50−55 +671%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −1640%	87 +1640%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −5400%	55 +5400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−1675%

70−75
+1675%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −3400%	35−40 +3400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −5200%	50−55 +5200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −1650%	35 +1650%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	30
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	27−30
Far Cry 5	0−1	24−27
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −5000%	51 +5000%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −1200%	52 +1200%