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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2713
1953
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
488
413
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
1112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
1112
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 12 12 API
OpenCL 2.0 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

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

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