Intel Arc A550M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A550M and NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i 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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Intel Arc A550M

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 17 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	2022 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 90 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 60 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 60 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

Name	Intel Arc A550M	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i
Geekbench - OpenCL	49647
PassMark - G2D Mark		367
PassMark - G3D Mark		129

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A550M	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Tesla
Code name	DG2-512	MCP79MX
Launch date	2022	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	431	436
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	90 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048
Pixel fill rate	131.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCI
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0c
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.6
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