AMD Radeon 550X Mobile vs AMD Radeon R9 M265X
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550X Mobile and AMD Radeon R9 M265X 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550X Mobile
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 91% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 575 MHz
- 2.1x more boost clock speed: 1287 MHz vs 625 MHz
- 2059.2x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 25 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 6.2x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
- Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2322 vs 1972
- Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2322 vs 1972
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 3 April 2018 vs 21 March 2014 |
| Core clock speed | 1100 MHz vs 575 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1287 MHz vs 625 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 51.48 GTexel/s vs 25 GTexel / s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz vs 1125 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2322 vs 1972 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2322 vs 1972 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M265X
- 484.8x better floating-point performance: 800.0 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1765 vs 1748
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1765 vs 1748
- Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3214 vs 2522
- Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3214 vs 2522
- Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8851 vs 8677
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Floating-point performance | 800.0 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1765 vs 1748 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1765 vs 1748 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3214 vs 2522 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3214 vs 2522 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 8851 vs 8677 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550X Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M265X
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| Name | AMD Radeon 550X Mobile | AMD Radeon R9 M265X |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2322 | 1972 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2322 | 1972 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1748 | 1765 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1748 | 1765 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2522 | 3214 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2522 | 3214 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 8677 | 8851 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1146 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 193 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 20.633 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 525.038 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.169 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 37.076 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 94.404 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon 550X Mobile | AMD Radeon R9 M265X | |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Lexa | Venus |
| Design | Radeon 500X Series | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch date | 3 April 2018 | 21 March 2014 |
| Place in performance rating | 1168 | 1170 |
| Type | Desktop, Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1287 MHz | 625 MHz |
| Compute units | 8/10 | 10 |
| Core clock speed | 1100 MHz | 575 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1.65 TFLOPs | 800.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 640 | 640 |
| Pixel fill rate | 20.60 GP/s | |
| Render output units | 16 | |
| Stream Processors | 512/640 | |
| Texture fill rate | 51.48 GTexel/s | 25 GTexel / s |
| Texture Units | 40 | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 2,200 million | 1,500 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
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| OpenCL | Not Listed | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 56 GB/s | 72 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
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| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
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| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| DualGraphics | ||
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| PowerTune | ||
| Switchable graphics | ||
| ZeroCore | ||

