AMD Radeon R7 M520 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M520 and ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R7 M520

ATI Mobility Radeon 9550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M520

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 10 month(s) later
4.1x more core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 250 MHz
20.6x more texture fill rate: 20.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
80x more pipelines: 320 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
4.1x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 486 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 486 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M520
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9550

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M520	ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
Geekbench - OpenCL	17889
PassMark - G2D Mark		166
PassMark - G3D Mark		30

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M520	ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 9
Code name	Oland	M12
Launch date	18 April 2017	1 June 2004
Place in performance rating	1188	1030
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	320	4
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	76 million
Boost clock speed		210 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	3.89 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	183 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	486 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	64
Shared memory		no
API support
DirectX		9.0
OpenGL		2.0