Intel Arc A550M vs NVIDIA GeForce MX450 GDDR6
            Intel Arc A550M
            
                
            
        
    
            NVIDIA GeForce MX450 GDDR6
            
                
            
        
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                             2048 Shaders 
                            8GB GDDR6 
                            900MHz 
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                             896 Shaders 
                            2GB GDDR6 
                            1575MHz 
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                             Peak AI Performance 
                            117.97 TOPS 
                            INT4 Tensor 
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                             Peak AI Performance 
                            5.65 TFLOPS 
                            FP16 
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                             FP32 
                            3.69 TFLOPS 
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                             FP32 
                            2.82 TFLOPS 
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                             FP16 
                            7.37 TFLOPS 
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                             FP16 
                            5.65 TFLOPS 
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                             Form Factor 
                            Soldered 
                            - 
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                             Form Factor 
                            Soldered 
                            - 
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                             TDP 
                            60W 
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                             TDP 
                            31W 
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                                         GB6 OpenCL N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB6 Metal N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB6 Metal N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB6 Vulkan N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 OpenCL 16,045 
                                            5% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 OpenCL 27,310 
                                            9% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 CUDA N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 CUDA 29,245 
                                            8% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Vulkan N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Vulkan 25,690 
                                            13% 
                                            
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                                         OCT 2020.1 N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT 2020.1 60 
                                            8% 
                                            
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                                         OCT Metal 55 
                                            9% 
                                            
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                                         OCT Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         Peak AI
                                            Performance 
                                        
                                            117.97 TOPS
                                         
                                        
                                            INT4 Tensor
                                         
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                                         Peak AI
                                            Performance 
                                        
                                            5.65 TFLOPS
                                         
                                        
                                            FP16
                                         
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                                            FP16
                                         
                                        
                                            7.37 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            29.49 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            FP16
                                         
                                        
                                            5.65 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            FP32
                                         
                                        
                                            3.69 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            FP32
                                         
                                        
                                            2.82 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            FP64
                                         
                                        
                                            920 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            FP64
                                         
                                        
                                            90 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            BF16
                                         
                                        
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                                            29.49 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            INT4
                                         
                                        
                                            117.97 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            INT8
                                         
                                        
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                                            58.98 TOPS
                                            
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                                         Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            57.6 GPixel/s
                                         
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                                         Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            50.4 GPixel/s
                                         
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                                         Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            115.2 GTexel/s
                                         
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                                         Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            88.2 GTexel/s
                                         
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            Intel
                                        
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Chip Designer 
                                        
                                            Intel
                                        
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                                         Chip Designer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Alchemist
                                        
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Turing
                                        
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                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Arc A
                                        
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                                         Family 
                                        
                                            GeForce MX
                                        
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                                         Codename 
                                        Xe HPG 
                                        ACM-G10 
                                        Variant 
                                        DG2-512 
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                                         Codename 
                                        NV167 
                                        TU117 
                                        Variant 
                                        N18S-G5 
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                                         Market Segment 
                                        Laptop 
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                                         Market Segment 
                                        Laptop 
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                                         Release Date 
                                        3/30/2022 
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                                         Release Date 
                                        8/1/2020 
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                                         Foundry 
                                        TSMC 
                                        - 
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                                         Foundry 
                                        TSMC 
                                        - 
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                                         Fabrication Node 
                                        N6 
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                                         Fabrication Node 
                                        12FFN 
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                                         Die Size 
                                        406 mm² 
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                                         Die Size 
                                        200 mm² 
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                                         Transistor Count 
                                        21.7 Billion 
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                                         Transistor Count 
                                        4.7 Billion 
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                                         Transistor Density 
                                        53.45M/mm² 
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                                         Transistor Density 
                                        23.50M/mm² 
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                                         Form 
                                        Soldered 
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                                         Form 
                                        Soldered 
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                                         Shading Units 
                                        2048 Shaders 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Shading Units 
                                        896 Shaders 
                                        - 
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                                         Texture Mapping Units 
                                        128 TMUs 
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                                         Texture Mapping Units 
                                        56 TMUs 
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                                         Render Output Units 
                                        64 ROPs 
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                                         Render Output Units 
                                        32 ROPs 
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                                         Tensor Cores 
                                        256 T-Cores 
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                                         Ray-Tracing Cores 
                                        16 RT-Cores 
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                                         Streaming Multiprocessors 
                                        14 SMs 
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                                         Execution Units 
                                        256 EUs 
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                                         Graphics Processing Clusters 
                                        16 GPCs 
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                                         Graphics Processing Clusters 
                                        2 GPCs 
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                                        300MHz Base 
                                        900MHz 
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                                        1395MHz Base 
                                        1575MHz 
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                                         L1 
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                                        Unknown 
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                                         L1 
                                        32KB/SM Tex 
                                        64KB/SM 
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                                         L2 
                                        8MB Shared 
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                                         L2 
                                        1MB Shared 
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                                         8GB 
                                        GDDR6 
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                                         2GB 
                                        GDDR6 
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                                         Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
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                                         Bus Width 
                                        64Bit 
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                                         Clock 
                                        1750MHz 
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        14GT/s 
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        224GB/s 
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                                         Clock 
                                        1250MHz 
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        10GT/s 
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        80GB/s 
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                                         TDP 
                                        60W 
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                                         TDP 
                                        31W 
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                                        No Ports 
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                                         Max Resolution 
                                        7680x4320 
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                                         Max Resolution 
                                        7680x4320 
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                                         Max Resolution Refresh Rate 
                                        60Hz 
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                                         Max Resolution Refresh Rate 
                                        60Hz 
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                                         Variable Refresh Rate 
                                        - 
                                        FreeSync 
                                        - 
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                                         Variable Refresh Rate 
                                        G-Sync 
                                        FreeSync 
                                        - 
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                                         Display Stream Compression (DSC) 
                                        Not Supported 
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                                         Display Stream Compression (DSC) 
                                        Supported 
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                                         Multi Monitor Support 
                                        4 
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                                         Multi Monitor Support 
                                        2 
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                                         Content Protection 
                                        HDCP 2.2 
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                                         Model 
                                        Arc 
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                                         No Encoders 
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                                         Codec 
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                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
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                                        AV1 
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                                         No Decoders 
                                        
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                                         Codec 
                                        - 
                                        MPEG-2 
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                                        JPEG 
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                                        VP9 
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                                        HEVC (H.265) 
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                                        AV1 
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                                         Direct X 
                                        12 
                                        Direct 3D 
                                        12_2 
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                                         Direct X 
                                        12 
                                        Direct 3D 
                                        12_1 
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                                         OpenGL 
                                        4.6 
                                        OpenCL 
                                        3.0 
                                        Vulkan 
                                        1.3 
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                                         OpenGL 
                                        4.6 
                                        OpenCL 
                                        3.0 
                                        Vulkan 
                                        1.2 
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                                         Shader Model 
                                        6.6 
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                                         Shader Model 
                                        6.6 
                                        CUDA 
                                        7.5 
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                                        PureVideo HD 
                                        VP10 
                                        VDPAU 
                                        Feature Set J 
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                                         Not a Card 
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                                        PCIe Version 
                                        4.0 
                                        PCIe Lanes 
                                        16 
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                                        PCIe Version 
                                        4.0 
                                        PCIe Lanes 
                                        4 
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