AMD Radeon 680M vs AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 680M and AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Video outputs and ports, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon 680M

AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 680M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 82% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 86% higher boost clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1183 MHz
2051.3x more texture fill rate: 105.6 GTexel/s vs 51.48 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 14 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	2200 MHz vs 1183 MHz
Texture fill rate	105.6 GTexel/s vs 51.48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 680M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

Name	AMD Radeon 680M	AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	378
Geekbench - OpenCL	26608

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 680M	AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Rembrandt	Lexa
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	1232	not rated
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$79.99
Price now		$75
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		56.41
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2200 MHz	1183 MHz
Compute units	12
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	211.2 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	6.758 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	3.379 TFLOPS
Pipelines	768	640
Pixel fill rate	70.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	105.6 GTexel/s	51.48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	13100 million	2,200 million
Floating-point performance		1.2 TFLOPs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size		large
Recommended system power (PSU)		400 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.2	12
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		112 GB/s
Memory bus width		128 bit
Memory clock speed		7000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)