AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

General info

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

272
Place in performance rating
531
55.72
Value for money (0-100)
6.21
Polaris
Architecture
Fermi
Lexa
Code name
GF116
Laptop
Type
Desktop
21 March 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
15 March 2011 (10 years ago)
$79.99
Launch price (MSRP)
$149
$294 (3.7x MSRP)
Price now
$141 (0.9x MSRP)
14.30
Value for money
1.47
Polaris 12
GPU code name
GF116
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

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

640
Pipelines
192
1287 MHz
Core clock speed
900 MHz
1287 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,200 million
Transistor count
1,170 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
116 Watt
51.48
Texture fill rate
28.8 billion/sec
1,647 gflops
Floating-point performance
691.2 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
100 °C
no data
CUDA cores
192
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
1476 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,200 million
Number of transistors
1,170 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
116 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
8.25" (21 cm)
no data
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin
large
Laptop size
no data
no data
SLI options
+
no data
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
no data
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

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 AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
4.1 GB/s
96 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
98.4 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

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

No outputs
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI
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Multi monitor support
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

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

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+
+
FreeSync
no data
+
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
no data
no data
DSR
+

API support

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

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.2
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
2.0
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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 AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
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 AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile

12.27% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 192)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 116 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Cheaper ($141 (0.9x MSRP) vs $294 (3.7x MSRP))

More memory bandwidth (98.4 GB/s vs 96 GB/s)

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

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile .

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

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