Intel Arc A550M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A550M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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 - 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).

Intel Arc A550M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 89% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1085 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
3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45584 vs 12495

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 13 March 2015
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1085 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	45584 vs 12495

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 900 MHz
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 900 MHz
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45584

12495

Name	Intel Arc A550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Geekbench - OpenCL	45584	12495
PassMark - G3D Mark		2411
PassMark - G2D Mark		631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		49.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		757.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		49.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		179.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		7859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		7859

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Maxwell
Code name	DG2-512	GM107
Launch date	2022	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	481	475
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1029 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	1,870 million
Floating-point performance		1,389 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5