Intel started Arc A550M sales on 2022. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Generation 12.7 architecture and made with 6 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 60 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Arc A550M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	223
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	28.47	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	DG2-512
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Arc A550M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Arc A550M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	900 MHz	of 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	21,700 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	262.4	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	8.397 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	64	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	128	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores	256	of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores	16	of 170 (GeForce RTX 5090)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Arc A550M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Arc A550M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Arc A550M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

APIs supported by Arc A550M, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	3.0
Vulkan	1.3

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Arc A550M. 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.

Arc A550M 24.51

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.

Arc A550M 14350

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

Arc A550M 5830

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Arc A550M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

35−40

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45
Battlefield 5	75−80
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40
Far Cry 5	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65
Forza Horizon 4	140−150
Hitman 3	45−50
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120
Metro Exodus	80−85
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45
Battlefield 5	75−80
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40
Far Cry 5	55−60
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65
Forza Horizon 4	140−150
Hitman 3	45−50
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120
Metro Exodus	80−85
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40
Far Cry 5	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	140−150
Hitman 3	45−50
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

60−65

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16
Far Cry 5	27−30
Forza Horizon 4	130−140
Hitman 3	27−30
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50
Metro Exodus	45−50
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20
Hitman 3	18−20
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130
Metro Exodus	27−30
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7
Far Cry 5	12−14
Forza Horizon 4	30−35
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12