AMD Radeon RX 550X vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 550X

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.6x more boost clock speed: 1287 MHz vs 500 MHz
4290x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 12 GTexel / s
21.3x more pipelines: 512 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
5.8x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 264
8.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2253 vs 270

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 264
PassMark - G3D Mark	2253 vs 270

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

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 550X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

422

264

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2253

270

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550X	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
PassMark - G2D Mark	422	264
PassMark - G3D Mark	2253	270
Geekbench - OpenCL	8679
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550X	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Curie
Code name	Lexa	G71
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	628	618
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz	500 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	512	24
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s	12 GTexel / s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	278 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support