Intel Arc A550M vs NVIDIA P106-100

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A550M and NVIDIA P106-100 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Arc A550M

NVIDIA P106-100

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1709 MHz
1919.5x more texture fill rate: 262.4 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 16 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 49562 vs 36283

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 19 June 2017
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 120 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	49562 vs 36283

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P106-100

Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 900 MHz
4.6x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 900 MHz
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA P106-100

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49562

36283

Name	Intel Arc A550M	NVIDIA P106-100
Geekbench - OpenCL	49562	36283
PassMark - G3D Mark		6541
PassMark - G2D Mark		246
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		163.993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1705.321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		76.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		448.036
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12824
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1680
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12824
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1680
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4083

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A550M	NVIDIA P106-100
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Pascal
Code name	DG2-512	GP106
Launch date	2022	19 June 2017
Place in performance rating	432	433
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	16 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	1280
Pixel fill rate	131.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,375 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 x16
Length		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5