Apple M2 Pro 16-core vs Intel Arc A550M

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Pro 16-core and Intel Arc A550M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL.

Apple M2 Pro 16-core

Intel Arc A550M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Pro 16-core

Around 55% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 900 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 6 nm

Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 6 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
128x more pipelines: 2048 vs 16

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 17 Jan 2023
Pipelines	2048 vs 16
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	47401 vs 47393

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Pro 16-core
GPU 2: Intel Arc A550M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

47393

47401

Name	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	Intel Arc A550M
Geekbench - OpenCL	47393	47401

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	Intel Arc A550M
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	2022
Place in performance rating	455	456
Architecture		Generation 12.7
Code name		DG2-512
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	6 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.726 TFLOPS	8.397 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16	2048
Render output units	64
Boost clock speed		2050 MHz
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		16.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Pixel fill rate		131.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		262.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		60 Watt
Transistor count		21700 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory clock speed		1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		IGP
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x16
API support
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.6
Vulkan