AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) 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, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 926 MHz vs 360 MHz
47.7x more texture fill rate: 137.5 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
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
8.3x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	4 August 2016 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	926 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	137.5 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

4x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Name	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
Geekbench - OpenCL	33746
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3675
PassMark - G3D Mark		64
PassMark - G2D Mark		325

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Curie
Code name	Ellesmere	NV43 A2
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	4 August 2016	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$549.99
Place in performance rating	491	493
Price now	$109.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	91.95
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	926 MHz	360 MHz
Floating-point performance	4.9 TFLOPs
GPU Power	85-110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2048
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	137.5 GTexel / s	2.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore