AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL vs AMD Radeon HD 7550M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL and AMD Radeon HD 7550M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 Vega M GL

AMD Radeon HD 7550M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 931 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 84% higher boost clock speed: 1011 MHz vs 550 MHz
6.7x more texture fill rate: 80.88 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 400
5.4x better floating-point performance: 2,588 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
8.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3880 vs 465
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 461 vs 403
3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19490 vs 5371

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 7 January 2012
Core clock speed	931 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	80.88 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 400
Floating-point performance	2,588 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3880 vs 465
PassMark - G2D Mark	461 vs 403
Geekbench - OpenCL	19490 vs 5371

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7550M

4.6x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 65 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7550M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3880

465

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

461

403

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19490

5371

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL	AMD Radeon HD 7550M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3880	465
PassMark - G2D Mark	461	403
Geekbench - OpenCL	19490	5371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	58.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1235.247
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.195
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	75.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	252.311
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6318
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2070
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6318
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2070
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1514
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2091

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL	AMD Radeon HD 7550M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Polaris 22	Thames
Launch date	1 February 2018	7 January 2012
Place in performance rating	589	592
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	550 MHz
Core clock speed	931 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,588 gflops	480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	400
Texture fill rate	80.88 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count		716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	1024 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5 / DDR3
Shared memory	0	0