AMD Radeon R9 285 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 285 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 285

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 918 MHz vs 450 MHz
7.1x more texture fill rate: 102.8 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
5.6x more pipelines: 1792 vs 320
11.4x better floating-point performance: 3,290 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
4.6x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
25.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6680 vs 266
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 597 vs 398

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 September 2014 vs 5 May 2010
Core clock speed	918 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	102.8 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,290 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6680 vs 266
PassMark - G2D Mark	597 vs 398

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

19x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 190 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 190 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 285
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6680

266

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

597

398

Name	AMD Radeon R9 285	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v
PassMark - G3D Mark	6680	266
PassMark - G2D Mark	597	398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	72.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	91.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	391.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2782
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2778

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 285	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tonga	M96
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	2 September 2014	5 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	445	393
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	918 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,290 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1792	320
Texture fill rate	102.8 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	176.0 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2
Shared memory		0
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)