Intel Arc A550M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A550M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M 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 980M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 82% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1127 MHz
5061.7x more texture fill rate: 262.4 GTexel/s vs 51.84 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 100 Watt
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 48667 vs 23738

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 7 October 2014
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1127 MHz
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s vs 51.84 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1536
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	48667 vs 23738

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1038 MHz vs 900 MHz
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48667

23738

Name	Intel Arc A550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Geekbench - OpenCL	48667	23738
PassMark - G3D Mark		7357
PassMark - G2D Mark		492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		92.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1146.534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		308.42
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2955

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	DG2-512	GM204
Launch date	2022	7 October 2014
Place in performance rating	441	457
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1127 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1038 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	1536
Pixel fill rate	131.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s	51.84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		1536
Floating-point performance		1,659 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		1
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0	1.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	160 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI