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Rate My PC: AMD Ryzen 3 8440U + Intel Arc A550M

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82%

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96%

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AMD Ryzen 3 8440U

16,663 Benchmark Score

Top 18% Market Ranking

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Intel Arc A550M

49,737 Benchmark Score

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90-100

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70-89

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50-69

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30-49

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The AMD Ryzen 3 8440U and Intel Arc A550M form a laptop-class pairing that sits at the 78th percentile overall among combined CPU+GPU sets, driven by a CPU at the 70th percentile and a GPU at the 86th percentile. Because no measured frames-per-second data exists for this exact combination, all gaming performance discussion below is estimated from the benchmark scores and hardware specifications in the fact pack, not from direct testing.

Usage Scenarios

High-refresh gaming is the strongest use case for this pairing, though the CPU will be the limiting factor. The Arc A550M’s 8.397 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s bandwidth place it in the top 14% of GPUs, while its 16 ray-tracing cores and DirectX 12 Ultimate support suggest it can handle modern titles with ray tracing enabled. The Ryzen 3 8440U, however, posts a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1536 and a PassMark single-thread score of 3648, which are modest for a high-refresh gaming notebook, so CPU-bound scenarios like heavy physics or complex AI may cap frame rates below what the GPU could otherwise deliver.

Streaming benefits from the GPU’s dedicated hardware and the CPU’s eight threads. The 8440U’s Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 10884 and PassMark multithread score of 12805 indicate enough parallel throughput to encode a 1080p stream alongside a game, though the 4-core/8-thread layout is not as robust as larger processors. The GPU’s 16 ray-tracing cores and Vulkan 1.4 support can offload certain workloads, but the absence of a dedicated NVENC or similar encoder is not mentioned in the fact pack, so streaming must rely on the CPU’s multi-thread performance.

Video editing benefits from the GPU’s 8 GB VRAM and 224 GB/s bandwidth, which can accelerate effects and render previews. The CPU’s PassMark floating-point math score of 23017 and data compression score of 146273 suggest it can handle timeline operations and encoding with moderate efficiency. However, the 8440U’s 8 MB L3 cache and 4 cores limit heavy multi-layer editing; the GPU’s 86th percentile score of 49737 in Geekbench OpenCL indicates it can offload render tasks effectively, but the CPU will become a bottleneck in CPU-intensive filters.

3D rendering is dominated by the GPU’s compute potential. The A550M’s 8.397 TFLOPS FP32 and 16.79 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1) throughput, combined with its 128 TMUs and 64 ROPs, make it a capable mid-range renderer. The CPU’s Cinebench R15 multi-core score of 1097 and R20 multi-core of 4571 show that it can feed the GPU without severe stalls in many scenes, but the 4-core architecture will struggle with complex physics or geometry. For pure rendering, the GPU is the workhorse, and the CPU’s 70th percentile is below the GPU’s 86th.

Software development relies on single-thread performance and memory bandwidth. The CPU’s PassMark single-thread score of 3648 and Cinebench R23 single-core of 1536 place it near the Intel Core Ultra 5 115U (delta -0.5%) and Intel Core i5-1235U (delta -0.6%), so compilation speed will be average. The DDR5 dual-channel memory with 89.6 GB/s bandwidth supports fast data access. The GPU is less relevant here, but its OpenCL performance can accelerate parallel tasks like unit testing or data processing.

Student and office work is a comfortable fit. The CPU’s PassMark integer math score of 37468 and extended instructions of 11059 handle productivity suites, web browsing, and coding. The iGPU Radeon 740M is present, but the discrete Arc A550M offers far more graphical headroom for any visualization. The 28 W CPU TDP and 60 W GPU TDP combine to a modest thermal envelope, making this a balanced mobile workstation for daily tasks.

Gaming Performance

The fact pack contains no measured FPS rows for this exact CPU+GPU combination, so all frame-rate expectations below are estimates based on the CPU and GPU benchmark scores. The Arc A550M’s 86th percentile and 8.397 TFLOPS suggest it can deliver high frame rates at 1080p in many titles, but the CPU’s 70th percentile may limit maximum frame rates in CPU-heavy games. At 1440p, the GPU’s 8 GB VRAM and 224 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for moderate settings, but the lack of measured data means exact resolutions and quality levels cannot be confirmed. The GPU’s 16 ray-tracing cores and DirectX 12 Ultimate support point to playable ray tracing at lower resolutions, but the CPU’s R23 single-core score of 1536 is below the level of top-tier gaming chips, so frame pacing may suffer in scenes with complex physics.

Benchmark Performance

The CPU’s average benchmark score is 16663, placing it at the 70th percentile among all CPUs. In Cinebench R23, it scores 10884 multi-core and 1536 single-core. Its nearest rival is the Intel Core Ultra 5 115U with an average score of 16753 (delta -0.5%), meaning the Ryzen is statistically on par. The Intel Core i5-1235U (16770, -0.6%) and AMD Ryzen 3 7335U (16827, -1.0%) are slightly faster, while the Intel Core i3-12100E (16853, -1.1%) is the closest competitor. The CPU’s PassMark multithread score is 12805, and its single-thread is 3648.

The GPU’s average score is 49737, placing it at the 86th percentile. Its Geekbench OpenCL score is 49894 and Vulkan score is 49580. The nearest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti with an average score of 49957 (delta -0.4%), a difference of 220 points. The AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (50001, -0.5%) is also close, while the RX 6900 XT (50951, -2.4%) is notably ahead and the RX 6800 XT (48477, +2.6%) is behind. This places the Arc A550M in the same performance class as high-end desktop GPUs of the previous generation, despite being a mobile part.

Combined, the CPU and GPU achieve a 78th percentile overall. The GPU is clearly the stronger component, with a 16-point percentile gap over the CPU, indicating the CPU is the bottleneck in most workloads.

Who Should Build It

Gamers targeting 1080p high-refresh esports titles will find the GPU ample for high frame rates; the CPU’s 3648 single-thread PassMark score is above average but not elite. For 1440p, the GPU’s 8 GB VRAM and 224 GB/s bandwidth support medium-to-high settings in most titles, though the CPU may cap frame rates in CPU-bound games. The 16 RT cores and 8.397 TFLOPS make it a reasonable choice for ray tracing at 1080p with DLSS or similar upscaling, though no measured FPS confirms this.

Content creators who edit video or work in 2D/3D rendering will benefit from the GPU’s 86th percentile compute. The CPU’s multi-core score of 10884 in R23 is enough for moderate editing workloads, but 4K timelines or heavy effects may strain the 4-core design. Developers compiling code or running virtualization will find the CPU’s 8 threads adequate for small-to-medium projects; the GPU’s OpenCL performance can accelerate parallel tasks like unit tests or data processing.

Students and small business users who need a laptop for productivity, web browsing, and occasional gaming will find the balance acceptable. The low 28 W CPU TDP and 60 W GPU TDP mean the system runs cool and quiet in a chassis. The absence of a discrete power supply suggestion (suggestedPsu is null) implies the laptop’s power delivery is integrated, so the user must rely on the manufacturer’s design.

Balance and Bottleneck

The data shows a clear imbalance: the GPU sits at the 86th percentile while the CPU is at the 70th. In GPU-bound workloads—such as 3D rendering, video encoding, and ray-traced gaming—the GPU will be the primary performer, and the CPU will feed it without major stalls. The GPU’s 49894 OpenCL score is only 0.4% behind the RTX 5070 Ti, indicating it can handle heavy compute. However, the CPU’s 4 cores and 8 threads are a limiting factor for physics, AI, and certain simulation tasks. In gaming, the CPU’s single-core performance (Cinebench R23 single 1536, PassMark single 3648) is the likely bottleneck for frame rates above 100 FPS, because the GPU is strong enough to outpace the CPU in many titles.

The FPS scaling pattern is absent because no measured data exists, but the percentile gap suggests that at low resolutions (1080p) the CPU will limit maximum FPS, while at higher resolutions (1440p or 4K) the GPU becomes the bottleneck. The CPU’s 28 W TDP and GPU’s 60 W TDP indicate a modest power envelope; the GPU’s 224 GB/s bandwidth and 8 GB VRAM are adequate for high-resolution textures, but the CPU’s memory bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s is lower than the GPU’s, so data transfer between CPU and GPU may be a bottleneck in some compute workloads.

GPU Analysis

The Intel Arc A550M is built on TSMC’s 6 nm process with 21,700 million transistors on a 406 mm² die. It has 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output units. Its base clock is 900 MHz and boost clock is 2050 MHz. The 8 GB GDDR6 memory runs at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) across a 128-bit bus, yielding 224.0 GB/s bandwidth. The GPU’s pixel rate is 131.2 GPixel/s and texture rate is 262.4 GTexel/s. It has 16 ray-tracing cores and supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the GPU scores 49894, and in Vulkan it scores 49580. These scores place it at the 86th percentile, with an average of 49737. It is -0.4% slower than the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti and -0.5% slower than the Radeon RX Vega 64, while being 2.6% faster than the RX 6800 XT. For rendering, the GPU’s FP32 8.397 TFLOPS and FP16 16.79 TFLOPS (2:1) provide solid compute for real-time engines. The 16 RT cores and DirectX 12 Ultimate indicate support for hardware ray tracing, though the GPU is end-of-life, so driver optimization may be limited.

CPU Analysis

The AMD Ryzen 3 8440U is a 4-core, 8-thread mobile processor based on Zen 4 architecture, codenamed Hawk Point. It has a base clock of 3.00 GHz and boost clock of 4.70 GHz. The CPU is fabricated on TSMC’s 4 nm process with 20,900 million transistors on a 137 mm² die. It includes 64 KB L1 per core, 1 MB L2 per core, and 8 MB shared L3 cache. It supports DDR5 memory in dual-channel mode with a theoretical bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s. The CPU has 14 PCIe Gen 4 lanes and integrates a Radeon 740M iGPU. The TDP is 28 W.

In Cinebench R15, the CPU scores 1097 multi-core and 154 single-core. R20 scores are 4571 and 645, respectively. R23 scores are 10884 multi and 1536 single. PassMark tests show a multithread score of 12805, single-thread 3648, integer math 37468, floating-point 23017, and data encryption 8012. The CPU’s average benchmark score is 16663, putting it at the 70th percentile. Its nearest rival is the Intel Core Ultra 5 115U, which is 0.5% faster; the Intel Core i5-1235U is 0.6% faster, the AMD Ryzen 3 7335U is 1.0% faster, and the Intel Core i3-12100E is 1.1% faster. This indicates that the CPU’s performance is comparable to a mid-range 2023-2024 laptop processor, with a focus on efficiency over raw power.

Upgrade Path and Platform

The CPU uses the AMD Socket FP7, which is a mobile-only socket. It supports dual-channel DDR5 memory and 14 PCIe Gen 4 lanes (CPU only). The GPU connects via PCIe 4.0 x16. The CPU’s TDP is 28 W, and the GPU’s TDP is 60 W. No suggested PSU is provided because this is a laptop build, so power delivery is handled by the laptop’s internal battery and AC adapter. The GPU has a 128-bit memory bus and 8 GB GDDR6, and its memory clock is 1750 MHz.

The upgrade path is limited because this is a laptop class build. The CPU is soldered, and the GPU is likely integrated on the motherboard or as a discrete mobile module. The socket FP7 is not upgradeable to higher-tier CPUs in the same series, and the GPU is end-of-life. The most practical upgrade is to increase memory capacity (the CPU supports DDR5) or replace the storage with a faster PCIe 4.0 NVMe drive. The PCIe 4.0 lanes allow a high-speed SSD, but the laptop’s form factor determines the available slots. The GPU’s 8 GB VRAM is a fixed limitation for future games, but its 224 GB/s bandwidth is adequate for 1080p and 1440p.

FAQ

Q: Is there any measured FPS data for the Ryzen 3 8440U + Arc A550M combo?

A: No. The fact pack explicitly states that no measured FPS rows exist for this exact combination, and all gaming performance must be estimated from the CPU and GPU benchmark scores.

Q: How does the CPU compare to the Intel Core Ultra 5 115U?

A: The Ryzen 3 8440U has an average benchmark score of 16663, while the Core Ultra 5 115U scores 16753, a delta of -0.5%, meaning the Ryzen is essentially on par but slightly slower.

Q: What is the GPU’s VRAM capacity and bandwidth?

A: The Intel Arc A550M has 8 GB GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, with a bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s.

Q: What is the GPU’s performance relative to the RTX 5070 Ti?

A: The A550M’s average benchmark score is 49737, while the RTX 5070 Ti is 49957, a delta of -0.4%, so the A550M is virtually identical in compute performance.

Q: Does the CPU have an unlocked multiplier?

A: No, the multiplier is unlocked is false, so the CPU cannot be overclocked.

Q: What is the combined percentile of this build?

A: The combined percentile is 78, with the CPU at 70th and the GPU at 86th.

Q: What socket does the CPU use?

A: The AMD Ryzen 3 8440U uses AMD Socket FP7, a mobile socket.

Build Overview

The AMD Ryzen 3 8440U + Intel Arc A550M is a laptop-class build (buildClass: "laptop") that combines a 4-core/8-thread Zen 4 CPU with a mobile discrete GPU. The CPU sits at the 70th percentile, while the GPU is at the 86th, yielding a combined percentile of 78. The GPU is the dominant component, with an average benchmark score of 49737, placing it alongside the RTX 5070 Ti and RX 6800 XT. The CPU’s average of 16663 places it in the same performance band as the Intel Core Ultra 5 and Core i5-1235U. This pairing is best suited for gamers and content creators who need a strong GPU with a moderate CPU, and it is typical of a mid-range gaming laptop. The lack of measured FPS data means actual frame rates depend on the laptop’s cooling and power delivery, but the underlying components indicate a capable 1080p to 1440p gaming system.

Rate My PC: AMD Ryzen 3 8440U + Intel Arc A550M

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