AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs Intel Arc A310

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and Intel Arc A310 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Intel Arc A310

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 2000 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 181.8 GTexel/s vs 64.00 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 768
Around 16% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9117 vs 5649
Around 57% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45828 vs 29239

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s vs 64.00 GTexel/s
Pipelines	1024 vs 768
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9117 vs 5649
Geekbench - OpenCL	45828 vs 29239

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A310

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 653 vs 462

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 4 Jan 2023
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	653 vs 462

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: Intel Arc A310

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

462

653

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9117

5649

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45828

29239

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	Intel Arc A310
PassMark - G2D Mark	462	653
PassMark - G3D Mark	9117	5649
Geekbench - OpenCL	45828	29239

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	Intel Arc A310
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Generation 12.7
Code name	Navi 24	DG2-128
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	2022
Place in performance rating	218	210
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	2000 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	2000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	6 nm
Pipelines	1024	768
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s	32.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	64.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	7200 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		768.0 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		6.144 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		3.072 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Recommended system power (PSU)		250 Watt
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	124.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6