GeForce MX550
VS
AMD Radeon RX 640
GeForce MX550
VS
AMD Radeon RX 640

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards GeForce MX550 and AMD Radeon RX 640. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

261
Place in performance rating
556
Turing
Architecture
Polaris
Code name
Polaris 23
Type
Laptop
17 December 2021 (less than a year ago)
Release date
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
Price now
$193
Value for money
7.11
GN18-S5
GPU code name
Polaris 12
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between GeForce MX550 and AMD Radeon RX 640 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

Pipelines
512
Core clock speed
1218 MHz
Boost Clock
1218 MHz
Transistor count
2,200 million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
42.24
Texture fill rate
38.98
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
1320 MHz
Boost clock speed
1218 MHz
4,700 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
25 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the GeForce MX550 and AMD Radeon RX 640.

PCIe 4.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
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 GeForce MX550 and AMD Radeon RX 640 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
12000 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
96 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards GeForce MX550 and AMD Radeon RX 640, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between GeForce MX550 and AMD Radeon RX 640 is the additional functionality.

7.5
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
FreeSync
+
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is GeForce MX550 and AMD Radeon RX 640. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.6
Shader Model
6.4
3.0
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GeForce MX550 and AMD Radeon RX 640 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 GeForce MX550 or AMD Radeon RX 640 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) GeForce MX550
AMD Radeon RX 640
Death Stranding (2020) GeForce MX550
AMD Radeon RX 640
F1 2020 (2020) GeForce MX550
AMD Radeon RX 640
Gears Tactics (2020) GeForce MX550
AMD Radeon RX 640
Doom Eternal (2020) GeForce MX550
AMD Radeon RX 640
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 GeForce MX550

13.34% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 14 nm)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 640

More memory bandwidth (112.0 GB/s vs 96 GB/s)

So, GeForce MX550 or AMD Radeon RX 640?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend GeForce MX550 .

GeForce MX550 versus AMD Radeon RX 640 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score GeForce MX550
5.0 Out of 2 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 640