AMD Radeon E9550 MXM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E9550 MXM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 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 Quadro FX 550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E9550 MXM

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 360 MHz
63.3x more texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 128 MB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	27 September 2016 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

3.2x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E9550 MXM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Name	AMD Radeon E9550 MXM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3597
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3597
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3208
PassMark - G3D Mark		64
PassMark - G2D Mark		325

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E9550 MXM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Curie
Code name	Ellesmere	NV43 A2
Launch date	27 September 2016	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	501	499
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	360 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,834 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2304
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	2.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		198 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3