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
  • Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10109 vs 8829
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
Geekbench - OpenCL 10109 vs 8829

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
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

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550X Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M265X

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2322
1972
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2322
1972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1748
1765
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1748
1765
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2522
3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2522
3214
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10109
8829
Name AMD Radeon 550X Mobile AMD Radeon R9 M265X
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 10109 8829
PassMark - G3D Mark 1138
PassMark - G2D Mark 210
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

Essentials

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 1173 1176
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop

Technical info

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

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

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

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore