Intel Arc A550M vs AMD FirePro W7170M

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A550M and AMD FirePro W7170M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Arc A550M

AMD FirePro W7170M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 723 MHz
2835.5x more texture fill rate: 262.4 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 100 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB

Launch date	2022 vs 2 October 2015
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 100 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

2.9x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 50809 vs 49647

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	50809 vs 49647

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A550M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7170M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49647

50809

Name	Intel Arc A550M	AMD FirePro W7170M
Geekbench - OpenCL	49647	50809
PassMark - G3D Mark		3162
PassMark - G2D Mark		418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3722
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3362
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3362

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A550M	AMD FirePro W7170M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 3.0
Code name	DG2-512	Amethyst
Launch date	2022	2 October 2015
Place in performance rating	431	429
Type		Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	2048
Pixel fill rate	131.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		2,961 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro