Arc A550M vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Place in the ranking	90	228
Place by popularity	54	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	46.37	no data
Power efficiency	13.13	28.25
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Navi 10	DG2-512
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	7 July 2019 (5 years ago)	2022 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	2560	2048
Core clock speed	1605 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1905 MHz	2050 MHz
Number of transistors	10,300 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	304.8	262.4
Floating-point processing power	9.754 TFLOPS	8.397 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	64
TMUs	160	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 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	272 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready	+	no data
Multi Monitor	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	+	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.

RX 5700 XT 42.86
+74.3%

Arc A550M 24.59

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.

RX 5700 XT 26189
+82.5%

Arc A550M 14350

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	127 +81.4%	70−75 −81.4%
1440p	76 +90%	40−45 −90%
4K	48 +77.8%	27−30 −77.8%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	3.14	no data
1440p	5.25	no data
4K	8.31	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	93 +107%	45−50 −107%
Cyberpunk 2077	78 +56%	50−55 −56%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	93 +24%	75−80 −24%
Counter-Strike 2	76 +68.9%	45−50 −68.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	82 +64%	50−55 −64%
Forza Horizon 4	234 +119%	100−110 −119%
Forza Horizon 5	130 +100%	65−70 −100%
Metro Exodus	156 +140%	65−70 −140%
Red Dead Redemption 2	115 +113%	50−55 −113%
Valorant	190 +93.9%	95−100 −93.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	194 +159%	75−80 −159%
Counter-Strike 2	64 +42.2%	45−50 −42.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	72 +44%	50−55 −44%
Dota 2	127 +49.4%	85−90 −49.4%
Far Cry 5	57 −33.3%	75−80 +33.3%
Fortnite	180−190 +46.8%	120−130 −46.8%
Forza Horizon 4	193 +80.4%	100−110 −80.4%
Forza Horizon 5	110 +69.2%	65−70 −69.2%
Grand Theft Auto V	145 +72.6%	80−85 −72.6%
Metro Exodus	111 +70.8%	65−70 −70.8%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	246 +58.7%	150−160 −58.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	66 +22.2%	50−55 −22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	150−160 +96.2%	75−80 −96.2%
Valorant	112 +14.3%	95−100 −14.3%
World of Tanks	270−280 +9%	250−260 −9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	81 +8%	75−80 −8%
Counter-Strike 2	57 +26.7%	45−50 −26.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	63 +26%	50−55 −26%
Dota 2	103 +21.2%	85−90 −21.2%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +32.9%	75−80 −32.9%
Forza Horizon 4	171 +59.8%	100−110 −59.8%
Forza Horizon 5	104 +60%	65−70 −60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	200−210 +33.5%	150−160 −33.5%
Valorant	159 +62.2%	95−100 −62.2%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	79 +92.7%	40−45 −92.7%
Grand Theft Auto V	79 +92.7%	40−45 −92.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	42 +82.6%	21−24 −82.6%
World of Tanks	270−280 +66.3%	160−170 −66.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	80 +63.3%	45−50 −63.3%
Counter-Strike 2	36 +12.5%	30−35 −12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	39 +85.7%	21−24 −85.7%
Far Cry 5	130−140 +94.4%	70−75 −94.4%
Forza Horizon 4	119 +83.1%	65−70 −83.1%
Forza Horizon 5	72 +84.6%	35−40 −84.6%
Metro Exodus	104 +85.7%	55−60 −85.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	75−80 +114%	35−40 −114%
Valorant	119 +80.3%	65−70 −80.3%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	28 +27.3%	21−24 −27.3%
Dota 2	79 +83.7%	40−45 −83.7%
Grand Theft Auto V	79 +83.7%	40−45 −83.7%
Metro Exodus	35 +84.2%	18−20 −84.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	144 +92%	75−80 −92%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27 +68.8%	16−18 −68.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	79 +88.1%	40−45 −88.1%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	52 +100%	24−27 −100%
Counter-Strike 2	45−50 +105%	21−24 −105%
Cyberpunk 2077	17 +113%	8−9 −113%
Dota 2	93 +116%	40−45 −116%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +100%	30−35 −100%
Fortnite	60−65 +110%	30−33 −110%
Forza Horizon 4	71 +86.8%	35−40 −86.8%
Forza Horizon 5	37 +76.2%	21−24 −76.2%
Valorant	62 +93.8%	30−35 −93.8%

This is how RX 5700 XT and Arc A550M compete in popular games:

RX 5700 XT is 81% faster in 1080p
RX 5700 XT is 90% faster in 1440p
RX 5700 XT is 78% faster in 4K

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

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 5700 XT is 159% faster.
in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Arc A550M is 33% faster.

All in all, in popular games: