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.

 

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 516 513
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