AMD Radeon E9550 MXM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E9550 MXM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon E9550 MXM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E9550 MXM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 902 MHz
Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1266 MHz vs 936 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 37.44 GTexel / s
3.6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 640
4.9x better floating-point performance: 5,834 gflops vs 1,198 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6622 vs 3857
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3597 vs 2957
Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6622 vs 3857
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3597 vs 2957

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 September 2016 vs 17 March 2014
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 902 MHz
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz vs 936 MHz
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s vs 37.44 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 640
Floating-point performance	5,834 gflops vs 1,198 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6622 vs 3857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3597 vs 2957
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6622 vs 3857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3597 vs 2957

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 3208
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 3208

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3208
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3208

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E9550 MXM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6622

3857

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3597

2957

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3208

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6622

3857

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3597

2957

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3208

3351

Name	AMD Radeon E9550 MXM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A
Geekbench - OpenCL	36624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	112.64
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1474.586
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	96.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	507.291
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6622	3857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3597	2957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3208	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6622	3857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3597	2957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3208	3351
PassMark - G3D Mark		1050
PassMark - G2D Mark		551

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E9550 MXM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell
Code name	Ellesmere	GM107
Launch date	27 September 2016	17 March 2014
Place in performance rating	515	513
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz	936 MHz
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	902 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,834 gflops	1,198 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	640
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	37.44 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3