AMD Radeon 550 vs AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550 and AMD Radeon R9 M485X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon 550

AMD Radeon R9 M485X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 723 MHz
409.1x more texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 465 vs 417

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Apr 2017 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	465 vs 417

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M485X

4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 512
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3661 vs 2099

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2048 vs 512
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3661 vs 2099

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M485X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

465

417

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2099

3661

Name	AMD Radeon 550	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
PassMark - G2D Mark	465	417
PassMark - G3D Mark	2099	3661

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 550	AMD Radeon R9 M485X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Lexa	Amethyst
Launch date	20 Apr 2017	15 May 2016
Place in performance rating	277	274
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	75.71 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1,211 GFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1,211 GFLOPS
Pipelines	512	2048
Pixel fill rate	18.93 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		2,961 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	145 mm, 5.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	56.00 GB/s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
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