Arc A550M vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6500 XT with Arc A550M, including specs and performance data.

RX 6500 XT
2022
8 GB GDDR6, 107 Watt
24.80
+1.2%

RX 6500 XT outperforms Arc A550M by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking218223
Place by popularity85not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation58.37no data
Power efficiency16.1628.47
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameNavi 24DG2-512
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date19 January 2022 (2 years ago)2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores10242048
Core clock speed2610 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed2815 MHz2050 MHz
Number of transistors5,400 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology6 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)107 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate180.2262.4
Floating-point processing power5.765 TFLOPS8.397 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs64128
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Cores1616

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 x4PCIe 4.0 x16
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2248 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth143.9 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 HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4aPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.23.0
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.

RX 6500 XT 24.80
+1.2%
Arc A550M 24.51

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.

RX 6500 XT 15712
+9.5%
Arc A550M 14350

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 HD63
+5%
60−65
−5%
1440p30
+11.1%
27−30
−11.1%
4K17
+6.3%
16−18
−6.3%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.16no data
1440p6.63no data
4K11.71no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 72
+84.6%
35−40
−84.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+3.8%
50−55
−3.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 51
+24.4%
40−45
−24.4%
Battlefield 5 80−85
+3.8%
75−80
−3.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+2%
45−50
−2%
Cyberpunk 2077 54
+38.5%
35−40
−38.5%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+3.6%
55−60
−3.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+3.2%
60−65
−3.2%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+2.8%
140−150
−2.8%
Hitman 3 50−55
+4.2%
45−50
−4.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+2.7%
110−120
−2.7%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+3.7%
80−85
−3.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+3.2%
60−65
−3.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+5%
80−85
−5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+2%
100−110
−2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+3.8%
50−55
−3.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 43
+4.9%
40−45
−4.9%
Battlefield 5 80−85
+3.8%
75−80
−3.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+2%
45−50
−2%
Cyberpunk 2077 34
−14.7%
35−40
+14.7%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+3.6%
55−60
−3.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+3.2%
60−65
−3.2%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+2.8%
140−150
−2.8%
Hitman 3 50−55
+4.2%
45−50
−4.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+2.7%
110−120
−2.7%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+3.7%
80−85
−3.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+3.2%
60−65
−3.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 107
+33.8%
80−85
−33.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+1.9%
50−55
−1.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+2%
100−110
−2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+3.8%
50−55
−3.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 31
−32.3%
40−45
+32.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+2%
45−50
−2%
Cyberpunk 2077 30
−30%
35−40
+30%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+3.6%
55−60
−3.6%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+2.8%
140−150
−2.8%
Hitman 3 50−55
+4.2%
45−50
−4.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 92
−20.7%
110−120
+20.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 83
+3.8%
80−85
−3.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 54
+3.8%
50−55
−3.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 25
−304%
100−110
+304%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+3.2%
60−65
−3.2%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
+4.4%
45−50
−4.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+5.6%
35−40
−5.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+4%
24−27
−4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 23
+0%
21−24
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+3.7%
27−30
−3.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 17
+13.3%
14−16
−13.3%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+3.7%
130−140
−3.7%
Hitman 3 27−30
+3.6%
27−30
−3.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 66
+34.7%
45−50
−34.7%
Metro Exodus 57
+26.7%
45−50
−26.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 56
+9.8%
50−55
−9.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33
+3.4%
27−30
−3.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
+2.9%
130−140
−2.9%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+2.5%
40−45
−2.5%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+4.3%
21−24
−4.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+5.6%
18−20
−5.6%
Hitman 3 10
−90%
18−20
+90%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
+3.3%
120−130
−3.3%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+3.7%
27−30
−3.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 28
+7.7%
24−27
−7.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+7.1%
14−16
−7.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6
−117%
12−14
+117%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+7.7%
12−14
−7.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 4
−50%
6−7
+50%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+7.7%
12−14
−7.7%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+3%
30−35
−3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 25
−16%
27−30
+16%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10
−10%
10−12
+10%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

This is how RX 6500 XT and Arc A550M compete in popular games:

  • RX 6500 XT is 5% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6500 XT is 11% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6500 XT is 6% faster in 4K

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RX 6500 XT is 85% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Arc A550M is 304% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 6500 XT is ahead in 59 tests (82%)
  • Arc A550M is ahead in 10 tests (14%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (4%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 24.80 24.51
Power consumption (TDP) 107 Watt 60 Watt

RX 6500 XT has a 1.2% higher aggregate performance score.

Arc A550M, on the other hand, has 78.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon RX 6500 XT and Arc A550M.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6500 XT is a desktop card while Arc A550M is a notebook one.


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