Arc Graphics 48EU Mobile vs GeForce MX550

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking402not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency33.97no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Xe-LPG (2023)
GPU code nameTU117SMeteor Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 December 2021 (2 years ago)14 December 2023 (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 cores1024384
Core clock speed1065 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1320 MHz1800 MHz
Number of transistors4,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt28 Watt
Texture fill rate42.2443.20
Floating-point processing power2.703 TFLOPS1.382 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs3224

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8Ring Bus
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR6System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth96 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)6.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 December 2021 14 December 2023
Chip lithography 12 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 28 Watt

GeForce MX550 has 12% lower power consumption.

Arc Graphics 48EU Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX550 and Arc Graphics 48EU Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce MX550 is a notebook card while Arc Graphics 48EU Mobile is a desktop one.


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