AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) and NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 11 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 360 MHz
28333.3x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
8.8x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 392 vs 325
52.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3332 vs 64

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	1175 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	392 vs 325
PassMark - G3D Mark	3332 vs 64

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

392

325

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1826
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572
PassMark - G2D Mark	392	325
PassMark - G3D Mark	3332	64

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Curie
Code name	Baffin	NV43 A2
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	503	501
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	360 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1024
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	2.88 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support