Intel Arc A550M vs AMD FirePro W8000

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A550M and AMD FirePro W8000 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Arc A550M

AMD FirePro W8000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2603.2x more texture fill rate: 262.4 GTexel/s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Around 14% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1792
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
5.8x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 350 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 49562 vs 24518

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 14 June 2012
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1792
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	49562 vs 24518

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

3.1x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A550M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49562

24518

Name	Intel Arc A550M	AMD FirePro W8000
Geekbench - OpenCL	49562	24518
PassMark - G3D Mark		4164
PassMark - G2D Mark		528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A550M	AMD FirePro W8000
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 1.0
Code name	DG2-512	Tahiti
Launch date	2022	14 June 2012
Place in performance rating	435	437
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	900 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	1792
Pixel fill rate	131.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s	100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		3,226 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort count		4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		279 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_1)
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	176 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5