Intel Arc A550M vs AMD Radeon HD 7970

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A550M and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Arc A550M

AMD Radeon HD 7970

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.2x more boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 925 MHz
2216.2x more texture fill rate: 262.4 GTexel/s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 300 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz
Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45584 vs 34541

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 22 December 2011
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	45584 vs 34541

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A550M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45584

34541

Name	Intel Arc A550M	AMD Radeon HD 7970
Geekbench - OpenCL	45584	34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		84.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1389.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2276

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A550M	AMD Radeon HD 7970
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 1.0
Code name	DG2-512	Tahiti
Launch date	2022	22 December 2011
Place in performance rating	481	483
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	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	2048
Pixel fill rate	131.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s	118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		3,789 gflops
Stream Processors		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Length		274 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	264 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1375 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync