AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q 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, 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 6550M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1215 MHz
2.1x more boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 1379 MHz
1030x more texture fill rate: 181.8 GTexel/s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 16 nm
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 462 vs 437
Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45828 vs 37928

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 1379 MHz
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s vs 176.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	462 vs 437
Geekbench - OpenCL	45828 vs 37928

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9884 vs 8967

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2048 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9884 vs 8967

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

462

437

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8967

9884

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45828

37928

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	462	437
PassMark - G3D Mark	8967	9884
Geekbench - OpenCL	45828	37928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		214.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		139.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8048
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4887

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Pascal
Code name	Navi 24	GP104
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	27 June 2017
Place in performance rating	217	222
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	1379 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1215 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	1024	2048
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	176.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	7,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,648 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	256.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready