Intel Arc A550M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Comparison

Intel Arc A550M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti occupy different segments of the mobile and desktop GPU market, respectively. Benchmark data from the FACT PACK shows a decisive performance gap between the two, with the RTX 4070 Ti winning both head-to-head tests by a wide margin. The Arc A550M, an end-of-life Alchemist mobile part, delivers an average benchmark score of 49,737, placing it in the 86th percentile of all GPUs, while the RTX 4070 Ti, an end-of-life desktop card, averages 44,795, sitting in the 84th percentile. Despite the RTX 4070 Ti’s lower average score—a figure pulled down by its Passmark legacy API results—its raw compute benchmarks dwarf the Intel part, as detailed below.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The two direct comparisons available in the FACT PACK are Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan, and both show overwhelming NVIDIA dominance. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 4070 Ti scores 176,953 against the Arc A550M’s 49,894, producing a delta of -71.8% for the Intel GPU. This means the NVIDIA card is roughly 3.5 times faster in this compute-oriented test, reflecting a massive gap in raw throughput. The deltaPct figure is negative from the perspective of the Arc A550M, indicating it trails by nearly three-quarters of its own score.

The Vulkan result is even more lopsided. The RTX 4070 Ti posts 213,808 in Geekbench Vulkan, while the Arc A550M manages just 49,580, a delta of -76.8%. Here, the NVIDIA part is over four times faster, suggesting that the Ada Lovelace architecture’s driver and hardware scheduling provide a particular advantage in this low-level API. The Arc A550M’s Vulkan score of 49,580 is nearly identical to its OpenCL score of 49,894, showing consistent but modest performance across APIs, whereas the RTX 4070 Ti scales significantly higher in Vulkan relative to OpenCL, jumping from 176,953 to 213,808.

In terms of win count, the head-to-head table lists 0 wins for the Arc A550M and 2 for the RTX 4070 Ti. No benchmark in the FACT PACK favors the Intel part. The nearest rivals for each GPU further contextualize these scores: the Arc A550M’s average of 49,737 is within 0.4% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (49,957) and 0.5% of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (50,001), while it sits 2.4% below the RX 6900 XT (50,951) and 2.6% above the RX 6800 XT (48,477). The RTX 4070 Ti’s average of 44,795 is 0.8% below the RTX 5090 Mobile (45,152), 1.3% below the Radeon Pro 5500 XT (45,384), and 1.7% below the Intel Arc A730M (45,592), while running 1.6% ahead of the RTX A6000 (44,075). Notably, the RTX 4070 Ti’s average is dragged down by its Passmark DirectX 9 score of 352, DirectX 10 score of 187, DirectX 11 score of 288, and DirectX 12 score of 116, which are legacy tests that do not reflect modern workload performance.

Where Each One Wins

Based strictly on the data, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti wins in every benchmark category where a direct comparison exists. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 176,953 versus 49,894 indicates a strong lead in general-purpose compute tasks, including physics simulation, video encoding, and any OpenCL-accelerated application. The Vulkan advantage, 213,808 versus 49,580, points to superior performance in modern game engines and compute workloads that utilize this cross-platform graphics API, which is common in both desktop and mobile titles.

The Arc A550M’s only comparative strength appears in its average benchmark score relative to its nearest rivals. Its 49,737 average places it above the RTX 4070 Ti’s 44,795 average, but this is a statistical artifact of the different benchmark suites collected for each GPU, not a real performance win. The Arc A550M’s percentile rank of 86 is two points higher than the RTX 4070 Ti’s 84, again reflecting the fact that the Intel part’s scores come from a narrower set of modern tests (Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan only), while the NVIDIA card’s average includes older Passmark DirectX 9/10/11/12 results that are far lower. In real-world head-to-head tests, the RTX 4070 Ti has no losses.

For use cases, the RTX 4070 Ti’s 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus with 504.2 GB/s bandwidth versus the Arc A550M’s 8 GB GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s bandwidth suggests the NVIDIA card is better suited for high-resolution textures and memory-intensive workloads. The RTX 4070 Ti’s 7,680 shading units, 240 TMUs, and 80 ROPs dwarf the Arc A550M’s 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, leading to pixel rates of 208.8 GPixel/s versus 131.2 GPixel/s and texture rates of 626.4 GTexel/s versus 262.4 GTexel/s. The NVIDIA card also has 60 RT cores and 240 tensor cores, whereas the Intel part has 16 RT cores and no listed tensor cores, making the RTX 4070 Ti far more capable for ray tracing and AI-accelerated features.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is the superior GPU in every head-to-head benchmark, with deltas of -71.8% in OpenCL and -76.8% in Vulkan. Anyone requiring maximum compute performance, high-resolution gaming, or ray tracing should choose the RTX 4070 Ti. Its 40.09 TFLOPS FP32 throughput versus 8.397 TFLOPS for the Arc A550M, along with 40.09 TFLOPS FP16 versus 16.79 TFLOPS, confirms a 4.8x advantage in single-precision and a 2.4x advantage in half-precision workloads. The RTX 4070 Ti’s boost clock of 2610 MHz and base clock of 2310 MHz far exceed the Arc A550M’s 2050 MHz boost and 900 MHz base, explaining much of the performance delta.

The Arc A550M, however, is not without a niche. Its 60 W TDP versus 285 W for the RTX 4070 Ti makes it a far more power-efficient part, and its IGP slot width (integrated into a mobile platform) versus the RTX 4070 Ti’s dual-slot design with a 1x 16-pin power connector and 600 W suggested PSU means the Intel GPU is designed for portable devices where power and space are constraints. The Arc A550M’s average score of 49,737 and 86th percentile rank show it competes with high-end desktop GPUs like the RX 6800 XT and RX 6900 XT in aggregate, but those comparisons come from different benchmark suites. For a user prioritizing raw performance, the choice is clear: the RTX 4070 Ti wins outright. For a user prioritizing low power draw in a mobile form factor, the Arc A550M offers a credible, albeit slower, option.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti scores 176,953 versus the Intel Arc A550M’s 49,894, a delta of -71.8% for the Intel part.

Q: How much faster is the RTX 4070 Ti in Vulkan?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti posts 213,808 in Geekbench Vulkan, while the Arc A550M scores 49,580, making the NVIDIA card 76.8% faster.

Q: What are the FP32 performance figures for each GPU?

A: The Arc A550M delivers 8.397 TFLOPS FP32, while the RTX 4070 Ti delivers 40.09 TFLOPS FP32, a 4.8x difference.

Q: How do their memory configurations differ?

A: The Arc A550M has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s bandwidth, while the RTX 4070 Ti has 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus with 504.2 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Which GPU has a higher average benchmark score?

A: The Arc A550M averages 49,737, which is higher than the RTX 4070 Ti’s 44,795, but this is due to the RTX 4070 Ti’s low Passmark legacy scores, not real performance parity.

Q: What is the power consumption difference?

A: The Arc A550M has a 60 W TDP, while the RTX 4070 Ti has a 285 W TDP, making the Intel part far more power-efficient.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs are built on fundamentally different architectures. The Intel Arc A550M uses the Xe-HPG architecture on the DG2-512 chip, from the Alchemist generation (Arc 5 Mobile), fabricated on a 6 nm process at TSMC. It packs 21,700 million transistors on a 406 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 53.4M per mm². The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti uses the Ada Lovelace architecture on the AD104 chip, from the GeForce 40 generation, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It contains 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 121.8M per mm², which is over twice as dense as the Intel chip.

The RTX 4070 Ti’s architecture includes 60 RT cores and 240 tensor cores, while the Arc A550M has 16 RT cores and no tensor cores listed. This makes the NVIDIA card substantially more capable for hardware-accelerated ray tracing and AI-based features like DLSS. The Arc A550M supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, matching the RTX 4070 Ti’s API support exactly. Both use a PCIe 4.0 x16 bus interface, but the RTX 4070 Ti offers 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, while the Arc A550M’s display outputs are listed as "Portable Device Dependent," reflecting its mobile IGP nature.

The RTX 4070 Ti’s memory clock runs at 1313 MHz with 21 Gbps effective, whereas the Arc A550M’s memory clock is 1750 MHz with 14 Gbps effective. Despite the lower clock, the RTX 4070 Ti’s wider 192-bit bus and GDDR6X type give it over double the bandwidth. The NVIDIA card’s FP16 performance is 40.09 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio with FP32), while the Intel part’s FP16 is 16.79 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio), indicating the RTX 4070 Ti handles half-precision workloads more efficiently.

Specification Differences

The specification sheets for the two GPUs diverge on nearly every measurable field. The RTX 4070 Ti has 7,680 shading units versus 2,048 for the Arc A550M, 240 TMUs versus 128, and 80 ROPs versus 64. This leads to pixel rates of 208.8 GPixel/s for NVIDIA versus 131.2 GPixel/s for Intel, and texture rates of 626.4 GTexel/s versus 262.4 GTexel/s. The RTX 4070 Ti’s base clock is 2310 MHz and boost clock is 2610 MHz, compared to 900 MHz base and 2050 MHz boost for the Arc A550M.

Memory differences are stark: 12 GB GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus with 504.2 GB/s bandwidth for the RTX 4070 Ti, versus 8 GB GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s for the Arc A550M. The RTX 4070 Ti’s TDP is 285 W, requiring a 600 W suggested PSU and a 1x 16-pin power connector, while the Arc A550M’s TDP is 60 W with no power connector listed, fitting an IGP slot width. The RTX 4070 Ti measures 285 mm in length, 112 mm in height, and 42 mm in width (dual-slot), while the Arc A550M has no dimensions listed due to its portable device integration. The RTX 4070 Ti was released on 2023-01-02 with a launch MSRP of 799 USD, while the Arc A550M has no release date or launch MSRP in the data. Both are end-of-life products, but the RTX 4070 Ti lists a predecessor (GeForce 30) and successor (GeForce 50), while the Arc A550M has neither.