Intel UHD Graphics 620 vs AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of Intel UHD Graphics 620 and AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) 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.

Intel UHD Graphics 620

AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 620

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 4 GB

Launch date	1 September 2017 vs 18 April 2017
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 4 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

3.7x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 1150 MHz
26.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 24

Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel UHD Graphics 620
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

Name	Intel UHD Graphics 620	AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
PassMark - G3D Mark	1042
PassMark - G2D Mark	241
Geekbench - OpenCL	4592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	27.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	273.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.939
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	31.881
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	878
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2227
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	878
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2227
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	62

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel UHD Graphics 620	AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	GCN 4.0
Code name	Kaby Lake GT2	Lexa
Launch date	1 September 2017	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	1380	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$79.99
Price now		$75
Value for money (0-100)		56.41
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	1183 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	24	640
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	2,200 million
Floating-point performance		1.2 TFLOPs
Texture fill rate		51.48 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size		large
Recommended system power (PSU)		400 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 bit
Memory type	LPDDR3 / DDR4	GDDR5
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bandwidth		112 GB/s
Memory clock speed		7000 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)