Arc A550M vs GeForce 8700M GT

Place in the ranking	1311	228
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.76	28.18
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	G84	DG2-512
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 June 2007 (17 years ago)	2022 (3 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	32	2048
Core clock speed	625 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2050 MHz
Number of transistors	289 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.00	262.4
Floating-point processing power	0.08 TFLOPS	8.397 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	64
TMUs	16	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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 4.0 x16

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	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 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

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.6
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	1.1	-

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 Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −463%	45−50 +463%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2400%	50−55 +2400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −463%	45−50 +463%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2400%	50−55 +2400%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −2040%	100−110 +2040%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −1250%	50−55 +1250%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −463%	45−50 +463%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2400%	50−55 +2400%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1167%	75−80 +1167%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −2040%	100−110 +2040%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 −2483%	150−160 +2483%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −1250%	50−55 +1250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −1480%	75−80 +1480%
World of Tanks	12−14 −1869%	250−260 +1869%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −463%	45−50 +463%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2400%	50−55 +2400%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1167%	75−80 +1167%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −2040%	100−110 +2040%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 −2483%	150−160 +2483%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

2−3

−8650%

170−180
+8650%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −133%	21−24 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −1675%	70−75 +1675%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%
Valorant	5−6 −1220%	65−70 +1220%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 −187%	40−45 +187%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −187%	40−45 +187%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	1−2 −7400%	75−80 +7400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −180%	40−45 +180%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	24−27
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Dota 2	14−16 −187%	40−45 +187%
Valorant	1−2 −3100%	30−35 +3100%

Full HD
Low Preset

Elden Ring

80−85

+0%

80−85

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Valorant	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Dota 2	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Elden Ring	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Fortnite	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Valorant	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Dota 2	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Valorant	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Elden Ring	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
World of Tanks	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Elden Ring	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Fortnite	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

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

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the Arc A550M is 8650% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Arc A550M is ahead in 32 tests (52%)
there's a draw in 30 tests (48%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.32	24.56
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	8 GB
Chip lithography	80 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	60 Watt

8700M GT has 106.9% lower power consumption.

Arc A550M, on the other hand, has a 7575% higher aggregate performance score, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A550M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8700M GT in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.