Intel Arc A550M vs Apple M1 8-core

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A550M and Apple M1 8-core 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, 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

Apple M1 8-core

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
256x more pipelines: 2048 vs 8
2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 50043 vs 18918

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 10 Nov 2020
Pipelines	2048 vs 8
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	50043 vs 18918

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 8-core

Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1278 MHz vs 900 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 6 nm
6x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 60 Watt

Core clock speed	1278 MHz vs 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 6 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 60 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A550M
GPU 2: Apple M1 8-core

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

50043

18918

Name	Intel Arc A550M	Apple M1 8-core
Geekbench - OpenCL	50043	18918
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10433
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10433
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3723
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3364
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3364

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A550M	Apple M1 8-core
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7
Code name	DG2-512
Launch date	2022	10 Nov 2020
Place in performance rating	427	429
Type		Desktop, Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1278 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	5 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.79 TFLOPS (2:1)	5200 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS	2.617 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	8
Pixel fill rate	131.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		650 GFLOPS
Render output units		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	66.67 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	LPDDR4X-4266
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode