AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M 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, 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 17% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 941 MHz
- Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 967 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 100 Watt
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 vs 12 March 2014 |
| Core clock speed | 1100 MHz vs 941 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1183 MHz vs 967 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 100 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 3 GB |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
- 2.1x more texture fill rate: 108.3 GTexel / s vs 51.48 GTexel / s
- 2.1x more pipelines: 1344 vs 640
- 2165.8x better floating-point performance: 2,599 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
| Texture fill rate | 108.3 GTexel / s vs 51.48 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1344 vs 640 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,599 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
| Name | AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3496 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 279 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 12758 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 34.836 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 960.114 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.038 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 59.57 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 81.753 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6350 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3718 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3353 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6350 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3718 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3353 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1336 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Kepler |
| Code name | Lexa | GK104 |
| Design | Radeon RX 500 Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 | 12 March 2014 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $79.99 | |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | 691 |
| Price now | $75 | |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 56.41 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1183 MHz | 967 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1100 MHz | 941 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1.2 TFLOPs | 2,599 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 640 | 1344 |
| Texture fill rate | 51.48 GTexel / s | 108.3 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,200 million | 3,540 million |
| CUDA cores | 1344 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | ||
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | Up to 3840x2160 | |
| eDP 1.2 signal support | Up to 3840x2160 | |
| HDCP content protection | ||
| HDMI | ||
| LVDS signal support | Up to 1920x1200 | |
| TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | ||
| VGA аnalog display support | Up to 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Laptop size | large | large |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 120.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
| Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Decode | ||
| 4K H264 Encode | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
| AppAcceleration | ||
| DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
| H265/HEVC Encode | ||
| HDMI 2.0 | ||
| HDMI 4K Support | ||
| LiquidVR | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
| 3D Blu-Ray | ||
| BatteryBoost | ||
| CUDA | ||
| Direct Compute | ||
| FXAA | ||
| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
| SLI | ||
| TXAA | ||
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