Arc 5 A550M vs Radeon RX 6650M XT
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 89 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 25.14 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024) | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | Navi 23 | DG2-512 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 4 January 2022 (3 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 | 2048 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 2068 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2416 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 11,060 million | 21,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 309.2 | 115.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 9.896 TFLOPS | 3.686 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| TMUs | 128 | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 32 | no data |
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 | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 12 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | 192.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
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 | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 60 Watt |
Arc 5 A550M has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6650M XT and Arc 5 A550M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 6650M XT is a notebook card while Arc 5 A550M is a desktop one.
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