Intel Arc A550M and A770M 3DMark Scores Spotted

The to-be-released Intel Arc A550M and A770M mobile graphics cards have recently been seen in Time Spy and Fire Strike Extreme on 3DMark. The Intel Arc Alchemist A550M has an ACM-G10 GPU with 16 Xe cores and 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, while the A770M has the same GPU but with 32 Xe cores and 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus.

With the older 1726 driver, the A550M SKU with half of the ACM-G10 GPU cores (16 Xe-Cores) scored 6017 points in 3DMark Time Spy. Unfortunately, this test was run with Intel APO (Advanced Performance Optimizations) turned on, which, according to 3DMark rules, basically makes it invalid. APO reveals about a 15% better score. 

It was tested in Fire Strike Extreme, where it got 13244 points in the Graphics category. Based on the data in the 3DMark database, this is about the same score as the RTX 3070 GPU running on a laptop with the same CPU (Core i7-12700H) (picture below). This discrete GPU has been tested with a test driver (version 9999) that OEMs and system integrators usually use before releasing new hardware. But it's not clear if APO is turned on in this particular version. The A770 'should' be 12 percent faster in games than a RTX 3060M. The leaked 3DMark scores don't match up at all with real-world gaming tests, which show that Intel still has a lot of work cut out for them.