Intel Arc A550M vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A550M and Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Arc A550M

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 86% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1100 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 262.4 GTexel/s vs 88.00 GTexel/s
3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 10 nm

Launch date	2022 vs 2 Sep 2020
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s vs 88.00 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2048 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 10 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU

4x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 60 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 60 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A550M
GPU 2: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU

Name	Intel Arc A550M	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
Geekbench - OpenCL	50270
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1243

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A550M	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Generation 12.0
Code name	DG2-512	Tiger Lake GT2
Launch date	2022	2 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	424	1056
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	10 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.79 TFLOPS (2:1)	2.816 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS	1408 GFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	640
Pixel fill rate	131.2 GPixel/s	22.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s	88.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million
Compute units		80
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		352.0 GFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x1
Width		IGP
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6