Radeon 880M vs Arc A550M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Arc A550M and Radeon 880M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Arc A550M
2022
8 GB GDDR6, 60 Watt
24.51
+21.4%

Arc A550M outperforms 880M by a significant 21% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking223270
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency28.4793.82
ArchitectureGeneration 12.7 (2022−2023)RDNA 3.5 (2024)
GPU code nameDG2-512Strix Point
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2022 (2 years ago)15 July 2024 (less than a year 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 cores2048512
Core clock speed900 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed2050 MHz2900 MHz
Number of transistors21,700 million34,000 million
Manufacturing process technology6 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate262.492.80
Floating-point processing power8.397 TFLOPS2.97 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs12832
Tensor Cores256no data
Ray Tracing Cores1612

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR6System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1750 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.1
Vulkan1.31.3

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.

Arc A550M 24.51
+21.4%
Radeon 880M 20.19

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
+69.6%
Radeon 880M 8463

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

Arc A550M 5830
+82.4%
Radeon 880M 3197

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 HD40−45
+14.3%
35
−14.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+30%
30−33
−30%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+30%
40−45
−30%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+36.7%
30−33
−36.7%
Battlefield 5 75−80
+30%
60−65
−30%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+2350%
2−3
−2350%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+30%
30−33
−30%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+22.2%
45−50
−22.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+26%
50−55
−26%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+28.2%
110−120
−28.2%
Hitman 3 45−50
+1100%
4−5
−1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+1288%
8−9
−1288%
Metro Exodus 80−85
+26.2%
65−70
−26.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+24%
50−55
−24%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+1900%
4−5
−1900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+261%
27−30
−261%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+1633%
3−4
−1633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+36.7%
30−33
−36.7%
Battlefield 5 75−80
+30%
60−65
−30%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+2350%
2−3
−2350%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+30%
30−33
−30%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+22.2%
45−50
−22.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+26%
50−55
−26%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+28.2%
110−120
−28.2%
Hitman 3 45−50
+1100%
4−5
−1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+1288%
8−9
−1288%
Metro Exodus 80−85
+26.2%
65−70
−26.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+24%
50−55
−24%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+1900%
4−5
−1900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+478%
9−10
−478%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+261%
27−30
−261%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+1633%
3−4
−1633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+36.7%
30−33
−36.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+2350%
2−3
−2350%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+30%
30−33
−30%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+22.2%
45−50
−22.2%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+28.2%
110−120
−28.2%
Hitman 3 45−50
+1100%
4−5
−1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+1288%
8−9
−1288%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+1900%
4−5
−1900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+478%
9−10
−478%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+26.3%
80−85
−26.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+24%
50−55
−24%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
+28.6%
35−40
−28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+33.3%
27−30
−33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+38.9%
18−20
−38.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+27.8%
18−20
−27.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+28.6%
21−24
−28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+25%
12−14
−25%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+33.3%
21−24
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+23.6%
110−120
−23.6%
Hitman 3 27−30
+367%
6−7
−367%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+2350%
2−3
−2350%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+28.6%
35−40
−28.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+27.5%
40−45
−27.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+38.1%
21−24
−38.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+23.6%
110−120
−23.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+1900%
2−3
−1900%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
+27.8%
18−20
−27.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+28.6%
14−16
−28.6%
Hitman 3 18−20
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
+23%
100−105
−23%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+28.6%
21−24
−28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+23.8%
21−24
−23.8%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+22.2%
27−30
−22.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+38.1%
21−24
−38.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%

This is how Arc A550M and Radeon 880M compete in popular games:

  • Arc A550M is 14% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Arc A550M is 2350% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, Arc A550M surpassed Radeon 880M in all 23 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 24.51 20.19
Chip lithography 6 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 15 Watt

Arc A550M has a 21.4% higher aggregate performance score.

Radeon 880M, on the other hand, has a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.

The Arc A550M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 880M in performance tests.


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