Arc A550M vs GeForce GT 720M

Place in the ranking	1055	223
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.51	28.47
Architecture	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	GK208	DG2-512
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	25 December 2013 (10 years ago)	2022 (2 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	192	2048
Core clock speed	719 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	758 MHz	2050 MHz
Number of transistors	915 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.13	262.4
Floating-point processing power	0.2911 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	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8	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	DDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Standard memory configuration	DDR3	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 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
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 2560x1600	no data
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200	no data
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 2560x1600	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP content protection	+	-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	+	-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	+	-

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support	+	-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	-
Optimus	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	+	-

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.

GT 720M 1.19

Arc A550M 24.51
+1960%

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.

GT 720M 822

Arc A550M 14350
+1646%

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

−1900%

280−290
+1900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−1200%

35−40
+1200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −940%	50−55 +940%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1125%	45−50 +1125%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1200%	35−40 +1200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5400%	55−60 +5400%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −2000%	60−65 +2000%
Forza Horizon 4	30 −370%	140−150 +370%
Hitman 3	6−7 −700%	45−50 +700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −693%	110−120 +693%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −3000%	60−65 +3000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −216%	100−110 +216%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −940%	50−55 +940%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1125%	45−50 +1125%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1200%	35−40 +1200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5400%	55−60 +5400%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −2000%	60−65 +2000%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −14000%	140−150 +14000%
Hitman 3	6−7 −700%	45−50 +700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −693%	110−120 +693%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −3000%	60−65 +3000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16 −225%	50−55 +225%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −216%	100−110 +216%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −940%	50−55 +940%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1125%	45−50 +1125%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1200%	35−40 +1200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5400%	55−60 +5400%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −14000%	140−150 +14000%
Hitman 3	6−7 −700%	45−50 +700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −693%	110−120 +693%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −373%	50−55 +373%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −216%	100−110 +216%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−3000%

60−65
+3000%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −4400%	45−50 +4400%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2400%	24−27 +2400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	27−30
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1400%	14−16 +1400%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2700%	27−30 +2700%
Hitman 3	7−8 −300%	27−30 +300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −1125%	45−50 +1125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	27−30
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −2620%	130−140 +2620%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−900%

40−45
+900%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

18−20

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	12−14
Far Cry 5	0−1	12−14

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−950%

21−24
+950%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Battlefield 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Metro Exodus	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Battlefield 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Metro Exodus	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

40−45

+0%

40−45

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Hitman 3	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

This is how GT 720M and Arc A550M compete in popular games:

Arc A550M is 1900% faster in 1080p

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Arc A550M is 14000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Arc A550M is ahead in 47 tests (70%)
there's a draw in 20 tests (30%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.19	24.51
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	60 Watt

GT 720M has 81.8% lower power consumption.

Arc A550M, on the other hand, has a 1959.7% higher aggregate performance score, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A550M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 720M in performance tests.

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