AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

307
Place in performance rating
416
Polaris
Architecture
G9x
Polaris 23
Code name
N10E-GTX
Laptop
Type
Laptop
10 January 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
2 March 2009 (12 years ago)
$299
Price now
$149
15.64
Value for money
3.51
Polaris 12
GPU code name
N10E-GTX
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
256
1176 MHz
Core clock speed
585 MHz
1287 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,200 million
Transistor count
1508 Million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
51.48
Texture fill rate
no data
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
256
1287 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,200 million
Number of transistors
1508 Million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
no data
large
Laptop size
large

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 550X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
7000 MHz
Memory clock speed
950 MHz
96 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI is the additional functionality.

no data
CUDA
+
+
FreeSync
no data
+
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
no data
no data
HybridPower
+
no data
PureVideo HD
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
4.6
OpenGL
no data
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 550X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI 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 550X Mobile or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
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 550X Mobile

8.5% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 256)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 55 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI

Cheaper ($149 vs $299)

So, AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI?

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

AMD Radeon RX 550X Mobile versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

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