Arc A570M vs Radeon 550X 640SP

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameLexaDG2-256
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date11 April 2018 (6 years ago)1 August 2023 (1 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 cores6402048
Core clock speed1019 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1071 MHz1300 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million11,500 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate42.84166.4
Floating-point processing power1.371 TFLOPS5.325 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs40128
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
WidthIGPno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth48 GB/s224.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 April 2018 1 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 75 Watt

550X 640SP has 50% lower power consumption.

Arc A570M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 550X 640SP and Arc A570M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 550X 640SP is a desktop card while Arc A570M is a notebook one.


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