Intel Arc A550M vs AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A550M and AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) 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 RX 470 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 70% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1206 MHz
1908.4x more texture fill rate: 262.4 GTexel/s vs 137.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 14 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 120 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45584 vs 34446

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 4 August 2016
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1206 MHz
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s vs 137.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 120 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	45584 vs 34446

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 926 MHz vs 900 MHz
3.8x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	926 MHz vs 900 MHz
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A550M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45584

34446

Name	Intel Arc A550M	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
Geekbench - OpenCL	45584	34446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1674
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3696

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A550M	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 4.0
Code name	DG2-512	Ellesmere
Launch date	2022	4 August 2016
Place in performance rating	481	482
Design		Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$549.99
Price now		$109.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		91.95
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1206 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	926 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 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	137.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	5,700 million
Compute units		32
Floating-point performance		4.9 TFLOPs
GPU Power		85-110 Watt
Stream Processors		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Bridgeless CrossFire
Laptop size		large
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	211 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	6600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore