Intel Arc A550M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A550M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 797 MHz
2.2x more boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 915 MHz
6046.1x more texture fill rate: 262.4 GTexel/s vs 43.4 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 28 nm
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 75 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
4.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 50270 vs 10427

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 10 March 2014
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 797 MHz
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	50270 vs 10427

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

50270

10427

Name	Intel Arc A550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Geekbench - OpenCL	50270	10427
PassMark - G3D Mark		3072
PassMark - G2D Mark		226
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1151

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Kepler
Code name	DG2-512	GK104
Launch date	2022	10 March 2014
Place in performance rating	424	853
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	915 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	797 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	640
Pixel fill rate	131.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s	43.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1152 or 640
Floating-point performance		1,389 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	3.0	1.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA