AMD Radeon RX 550 640SP vs AMD Radeon E9172 MXM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 640SP and AMD Radeon E9172 MXM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon RX 550 640SP

AMD Radeon E9172 MXM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550 640SP

Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 42.84 GTexel / s vs 39.01 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
Around 10% better floating-point performance: 1,371 gflops vs 1,248 gflops

Texture fill rate	42.84 GTexel / s vs 39.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,371 gflops vs 1,248 gflops

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E9172 MXM

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1019 MHz
Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1071 MHz
Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 60 Watt

Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 1019 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz vs 1071 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 60 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550 640SP	AMD Radeon E9172 MXM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Baffin	Lexa
Launch date	13 October 2017	3 October 2017
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1071 MHz	1219 MHz
Core clock speed	1019 MHz	1124 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,371 gflops	1,248 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	640	512
Texture fill rate	42.84 GTexel / s	39.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	2,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	48 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5