Arc A550M vs Radeon R5 230

Place in the ranking	1304	282
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.95	28.98
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Caicos	DG2-512
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	3 April 2014 (11 years ago)	2022 (4 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	160	2048
Core clock speed	no data	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2050 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.000	262.4
Floating-point processing power	0.2 TFLOPS	8.397 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	64
TMUs	8	128
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16
L1 Cache	16 KB	3 MB
L2 Cache	128 KB	8 MB

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).

Bus support	PCIe 1.0 x4	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	N/A	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	DDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	Portable Device Dependent
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire	+	-
PowerPlay	+	no data
DDMA audio	-	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.6
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
DLSS	-	+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Fortnite	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Valorant	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	250−260 +0%	250−260 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Dota 2	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Far Cry 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Fortnite	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Valorant	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Dota 2	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Far Cry 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Valorant	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

110−120

+0%

110−120

+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Valorant	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

55−60

+0%

55−60

+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Valorant	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Dota 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

24−27

+0%

24−27

+0%

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.48	22.58
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	60 Watt

R5 230 has 215.8% lower power consumption.

Arc A550M, on the other hand, has a 4604.2% higher aggregate performance score, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A550M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 230 is a desktop graphics card while Arc A550M is a notebook one.