AMD Radeon 550X Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce 940M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 550X Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1072 MHz
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1287 MHz vs 1176 MHz
1824.2x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
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
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2322 vs 2132
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2322 vs 2132
Around 44% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8583 vs 5958

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1072 MHz
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz vs 1176 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2322 vs 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2322 vs 2132
Geekbench - OpenCL	8583 vs 5958

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940M

547.4x better floating-point performance: 903.2 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3065 vs 1748
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3065 vs 1748
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 2522
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 2522

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	903.2 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3065 vs 1748
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3065 vs 1748
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 2522
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 2522

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550X Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940M

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2322

2132

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2322

2132

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1748

3065

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1748

3065

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2522

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2522

3357

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8583

5958

Name	AMD Radeon 550X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 940M
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2322	2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2322	2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1748	3065
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1748	3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2522	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2522	3357
Geekbench - OpenCL	8583	5958
PassMark - G3D Mark		1127
PassMark - G2D Mark		155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		101.399
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		506

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 550X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell
Code name	Lexa	GM108
Design	Radeon 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	1199	1200
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz	1176 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1072 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs	903.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	384
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s	28.22 GTexel / s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	56 GB/s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
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
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus