AMD Radeon RX 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 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.

AMD Radeon RX 550

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
3.9x more boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 300 MHz
10.5x more texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
42.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
6.4x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
25.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2713 vs 106
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 205

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 8 November 2004
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2713 vs 106
PassMark - G2D Mark	488 vs 205

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2713

106

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

488

205

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark	2713	106
PassMark - G2D Mark	488	205
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1199

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Curie
Code name	Lexa	NV41
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	8 November 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	850	849
Price now	$75
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	59.51
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	300 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	512	12
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	222 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-III
Length	145 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	300 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128 / 256
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)