Intel Arc A550M vs AMD Radeon R9 280

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A550M and AMD Radeon R9 280 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, 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 R9 280

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.2x more boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 933 MHz
2511x more texture fill rate: 262.4 GTexel/s vs 104.5 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
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 200 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz

Launch date	2022 vs 4 March 2014
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 933 MHz
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s vs 104.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1792
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A550M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280

Name	Intel Arc A550M	AMD Radeon R9 280
Geekbench - OpenCL	49647
PassMark - G3D Mark		5559
PassMark - G2D Mark		666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1266.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2009

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A550M	AMD Radeon R9 280
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 1.0
Code name	DG2-512	Tahiti
Launch date	2022	4 March 2014
Place in performance rating	431	433
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	933 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	1792
Pixel fill rate	131.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s	104.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		3,344 gflops
Stream Processors		1792
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x 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 3.0
Length		275 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
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	240 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)