AMD Radeon RX 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M 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
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 92% higher texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel / s vs 19.7 billion / sec
- Around 78% higher pipelines: 512 vs 288
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
- Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
- 2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
- 5.6x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
- Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2713 vs 1953
- Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 413
- Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 940 vs 732
- Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2158 vs 1112
- Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 940 vs 732
- Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2158 vs 1112
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 18 April 2017 vs 3 September 2010 |
Texture fill rate | 37.86 GTexel / s vs 19.7 billion / sec |
Pipelines | 512 vs 288 |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 40 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 75 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 1536 MB |
Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz vs 1250 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2713 vs 1953 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 488 vs 413 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 940 vs 732 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2158 vs 1112 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 940 vs 732 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2158 vs 1112 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
- 513.6x better floating-point performance: 616.3 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Floating-point performance | 616.3 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX 550 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2713 | 1953 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 488 | 413 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 11719 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 33.507 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1037.305 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.064 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 52.533 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 140.911 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4485 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 940 | 732 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2158 | 1112 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4485 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 940 | 732 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2158 | 1112 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1199 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon RX 550 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Fermi |
Code name | Lexa | GF104 |
Design | Radeon RX 500 Series | |
GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
Launch date | 18 April 2017 | 3 September 2010 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $79 | |
Place in performance rating | 850 | 899 |
Price now | $75 | |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Value for money (0-100) | 59.51 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1183 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1100 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 1.2 TFLOPs | 616.3 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 512 | 288 |
Texture fill rate | 37.86 GTexel / s | 19.7 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | 75 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,200 million | 1,950 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
DisplayPort support | ||
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HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | MXM-B (3.0) |
Length | 145 mm | |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
Laptop size | large | |
SLI options | 2-way | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 12 API |
OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1536 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 60.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 bit | 192 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 1250 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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4K H264 Decode | ||
4K H264 Encode | ||
AMD Eyefinity | ||
AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
AppAcceleration | ||
FreeSync | ||
H265/HEVC Decode | ||
H265/HEVC Encode | ||
HDMI 4K Support | ||
LiquidVR | ||
PowerTune | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
3D Vision | ||
CUDA | ||
SLI |