AMD Radeon 550X Mobile vs AMD Radeon R7 M520

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550X Mobile and AMD Radeon R7 M520 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon 550X Mobile

AMD Radeon R7 M520

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1030 MHz
2499x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M520

399.5x better floating-point performance: 659.2 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Around 70% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17889 vs 10522

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	17889 vs 10522

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550X Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M520

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10522

17889

Name	AMD Radeon 550X Mobile	AMD Radeon R7 M520
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2322
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1748
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1748
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2522
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2522
Geekbench - OpenCL	10522	17889

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 550X Mobile	AMD Radeon R7 M520
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Lexa	Oland
Design	Radeon 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	1179	1180
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1030 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs	659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s	20.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	56 GB/s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support