NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

288
Place in performance rating
272
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Value for money (0-100)
55.72
Kepler
Architecture
Polaris
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Code name
Lexa
Laptop
Type
Laptop
23 October 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
21 March 2017 (4 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$79.99
$200
Price now
$294 (3.7x MSRP)
7.34
Value for money
14.30
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GPU code name
Polaris 12
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
640
720 MHz
Core clock speed
1287 MHz
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Boost Clock
1287 MHz
3540 Million
Transistor count
2,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
122 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
92.2 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
51.48
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Floating-point performance
1,647 gflops
1536
CUDA cores
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1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
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Boost clock speed
1476 MHz
3540 Million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
122 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
large
Laptop size
large
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SLI options
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PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
2500 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
160 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
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CUDA
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Optimus
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FreeSync
+
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DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+
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FXAA
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TXAA
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Adaptive VSync
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Verde Drivers
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DirectX 11
DirectX 11
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3D Vision / 3DTV Play
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.2.131
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Shader Model
6.4
1.1
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX or AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

0.22% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($200 vs $294 (3.7x MSRP))

More pipelines (1536 vs 640)

More memory bandwidth (160 GB/s vs 96 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 122 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX or AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX versus AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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