Intel Arc A550M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data pits the Intel Arc A550M against the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 in two cross-platform compute tests. In both, the NVIDIA part wins decisively, and the margin is substantial.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the Intel Arc A550M scores 49,894, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 scores 172,660. That is a delta of -71.1%, meaning the NVIDIA card delivers roughly 3.46 times the raw OpenCL throughput. The Geekbench Vulkan result is even more lopsided. The Arc A550M posts 49,580, the RTX 5070 posts 178,923, a -72.3% delta. The NVIDIA card is about 3.61 times faster in Vulkan compute.

The wins column reflects this cleanly: the Intel part records 0 wins, the NVIDIA part records 2 wins. There are no benchmark categories where the Arc A550M pulls ahead.

Context matters here. The Arc A550M sits at the 86th percentile of all GPUs in the database based on its average benchmark score of 49,737. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti at 49,957 (only -0.4% behind), the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 at 50,001 (-0.5%), and the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT at 50,951 (-2.4%). It is also 2.6% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, which scores 48,477. So the Arc A550M is bracketed by high-end desktop parts from the previous generation and a current laptop GPU, all within a narrow band. It is not an outlier on the low end.

The RTX 5070, by contrast, has an average benchmark score of 40,377, which places it at the 82nd percentile. Its nearest rivals are professional and mobile workstation parts: the AMD Radeon Pro 580 at 40,318 (0.1% ahead), the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 at 40,063 (0.8% ahead), and the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile at 39,568 (2% behind). The AMD Radeon Pro 5300 is 1.2% ahead at 40,870. This is a curious placement: the RTX 5070's average score is dragged down by a wide spread across its ten recorded benchmarks. Its Geekbench scores are enormous, 172,660 OpenCL and 178,923 Vulkan, but its Passmark results are much smaller, for example 29,137 in G3D and 15,787 in GPU compute. The low Passmark DirectX scores (180 for DirectX 10, 277 for DirectX 11, 108 for DirectX 12, 320 for DirectX 9) pull the average down hard.

That spread matters for interpretation. In the two head-to-head tests available, the RTX 5070 is not just faster, it is in a different performance class. The Arc A550M's average score of 49,737 is actually higher than the RTX 5070's average of 40,377, but that is an artifact of the benchmark suite composition. When the same test is run on both cards, the RTX 5070 wins by 71% to 72%. The database's head-to-head section is the authoritative comparison, and it is unambiguous.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU wins the available head-to-head benchmarks?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 wins both recorded tests. In Geekbench OpenCL it scores 172,660 versus the Intel Arc A550M's 49,894, and in Geekbench Vulkan it scores 178,923 versus 49,580.

Q: How much faster is the RTX 5070 in Vulkan?

A: The delta is -72.3%, meaning the RTX 5070's score is about 3.61 times the Arc A550M's score in Geekbench Vulkan.

Q: Where does the Intel Arc A550M rank among all GPUs?

A: It sits at the 86th percentile, with an average benchmark score of 49,737. Its closest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti at 49,957, a gap of only -0.4%.

Q: Why is the RTX 5070's average benchmark score lower than the Arc A550M's if it wins head-to-head?

A: The RTX 5070 has ten recorded benchmarks including several low Passmark DirectX scores (108 for DirectX 12, 180 for DirectX 10), which pull its average down to 40,377. The Arc A550M has only two recorded benchmarks, both near 50,000. In direct comparisons, the RTX 5070 wins by over 70%.

Q: What is the percentile ranking of the RTX 5070?

A: It ranks at the 82nd percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rival is the AMD Radeon Pro 580 at 40,318, just 0.1% ahead.

Q: Does the Arc A550M beat any of its nearest rivals?

A: Yes, it is 2.6% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (48,477). It trails the RTX 5070 Ti by -0.4%, the RX Vega 64 by -0.5%, and the RX 6900 XT by -2.4%.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from entirely different design schools. Intel's Arc A550M uses the DG2-512 chip built on the Xe-HPG architecture, part of the Alchemist generation (Arc 5 Mobile). NVIDIA's RTX 5070 uses the GB205 chip on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture, part of the GeForce 50 generation.

The manufacturing process differs. Intel uses TSMC's 6 nm node, while NVIDIA also uses TSMC but at 5 nm. The transistor counts reflect the gap in complexity: the Intel chip packs 21,700 million transistors on a 406 mm² die, for a density of 53.4 million transistors per mm². The NVIDIA chip carries 31,100 million transistors on a much smaller 263 mm² die, yielding 118.3 million per mm². That is more than double the density, which explains how NVIDIA fits more logic into less silicon.

The shading resources are far apart. The Arc A550M has 2,048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 raster operation pipelines. It also includes 16 ray tracing cores and no tensor cores listed. The RTX 5070 has 6,144 shading units, 192 TMUs, 80 ROPs, 48 ray tracing cores, and 192 tensor cores. The tensor core count is a structural advantage for NVIDIA in AI-adjacent workloads, though the recorded benchmarks do not isolate that.

Compute throughput tells the story numerically. The Arc A550M delivers 8.397 TFLOPS of FP32 and 16.79 TFLOPS of FP16 at a 2:1 ratio. The RTX 5070 delivers 30.87 TFLOPS of FP32 and 30.87 TFLOPS of FP16 at a 1:1 ratio. NVIDIA's FP16 rate matches its FP32 rate, while Intel halves it. That is a meaningful architectural difference for workloads that use reduced precision.

Pixel and texture rates favor NVIDIA as well. The Arc A550M manages 131.2 GPixel/s and 262.4 GTexel/s. The RTX 5070 reaches 201.0 GPixel/s and 482.3 GTexel/s. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, so API compatibility is not a differentiator.

The bus interface differs. Intel uses PCIe 4.0 x16, NVIDIA uses PCIe 5.0 x16. Display outputs also differ: the Arc A550M is listed as portable device dependent, while the RTX 5070 offers 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b.

Specification Differences

The most visible difference is memory. The Arc A550M has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, with 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth and 14 Gbps effective speed. The RTX 5070 has 12 GB of GDDR7 on a 192-bit bus, with 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth and 28 Gbps effective speed. That is three times the bandwidth, a critical gap for high-resolution textures and compute workloads.

Clock speeds also differ. The Intel card runs at a 900 MHz base and 2050 MHz boost. The NVIDIA card runs at 2325 MHz base and 2512 MHz boost. The memory clock is nominally listed at 1750 MHz for both, but the effective data rate differs: 14 Gbps for Intel versus 28 Gbps for NVIDIA.

Power and physical design diverge sharply. The Arc A550M has a 60 W TDP and is an IGP (integrated graphics package) with no power connector listed. The RTX 5070 has a 250 W TDP, is a dual-slot card, uses a single 16-pin power connector, and recommends a 600 W power supply. The physical dimensions of the RTX 5070 are 245 mm length, 115 mm height, and 40 mm width. The Arc A550M has no dimensions listed, consistent with its portable-device integration.

Production status differs. The Arc A550M is end-of-life, while the RTX 5070 is active. The RTX 5070 has a release date of 2025-03-03, a predecessor in GeForce 40, and a successor in GeForce 60. The Arc A550M lists no release date, predecessor, or successor. The RTX 5070 has a launch MSRP of 549 USD, stated once here as a reference point.

The Verdict

The data does not support the Intel Arc A550M in any head-to-head scenario. The RTX 5070 wins both recorded benchmarks by margins of 71.1% in OpenCL and 72.3% in Vulkan. The average scores in the database are misleading if read naively, because the RTX 5070's average is depressed by a set of low Passmark DirectX results, but the direct comparisons are the correct lens. In those, the NVIDIA card is roughly 3.5 times faster.

The Arc A550M is a competent part relative to its own peer group. It sits at the 86th percentile, within 2.4% of the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and ahead of the RX 6800 XT by 2.6%. For a 60 W integrated GPU, that is respectable company. But it is not in the same league as a 250 W discrete card built on a newer, denser process.

The RTX 5070's position is more nuanced. Its 82nd percentile ranking and average score of 40,377 place it near professional mobile GPUs like the AMD Radeon Pro 580 and NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile. But its Geekbench scores are far above those parts, and its Passmark scores are far below. The card is strong in compute-oriented workloads and weaker in legacy DirectX tests, at least as recorded.

For a buyer deciding between these two, the choice is clear from the data. The RTX 5070 is the faster GPU in every direct comparison, with more memory, more bandwidth, more shading units, and a higher transistor density. The Arc A550M offers lower power draw and a smaller footprint, but at the cost of roughly 72% performance in the tested workloads.

Where Each One Wins

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 wins every recorded head-to-head benchmark. In Geekbench OpenCL, it scores 172,660 versus 49,894, a 71.1% advantage. In Geekbench Vulkan, it scores 178,923 versus 49,580, a 72.3% advantage. If a workload resembles these compute tests, the RTX 5070 is the only rational choice.

The RTX 5070 also wins on memory bandwidth, 672.0 GB/s versus 224.0 GB/s, and on FP32 throughput, 30.87 TFLOPS versus 8.397 TFLOPS. It has 12 GB of GDDR7 versus 8 GB of GDDR6, and it supports PCIe 5.0 x16 versus PCIe 4.0 x16. For gaming at high resolutions, texture-heavy scenes, or compute tasks that scale with bandwidth, the NVIDIA card has the raw resources.

The Intel Arc A550M has no benchmark wins in the database. Its advantages are structural rather than performance-based. It draws 60 W versus 250 W, which matters in a portable or thermally constrained system. It is an IGP, so it needs no separate power connector and no additional slot space. It is also end-of-life, which may be relevant for system integrators looking for legacy configurations, though that is not a performance benefit.

The Arc A550M does beat the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT by 2.6% in average score, which means it can hold its own against certain high-end desktop parts from the previous generation. But against the RTX 5070, there is no workload in the recorded data where the Intel part comes out ahead.

Practical advice from the data: if the system must run on 60 W and integrate into a portable device, the Arc A550M is a viable option within its peer group. If the system can accommodate a dual-slot, 250 W card with a 600 W power supply recommendation, the RTX 5070 offers roughly 3.5 times the compute performance in the two tests that matter here. There is no ambiguity in the recorded results.