NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) vs AMD Radeon HD 7550M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) 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, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

AMD Radeon HD 7550M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.7x more boost clock speed: 1493 MHz vs 550 MHz
5x more texture fill rate: 59.72 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 640 vs 400
4x better floating-point performance: 1,911 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
9.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4463 vs 465
3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17466 vs 5371

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2017 vs 7 January 2012
Core clock speed	1354 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	59.72 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 400
Floating-point performance	1,911 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4463 vs 465
Geekbench - OpenCL	17466 vs 5371

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7550M

5.4x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 403 vs 292

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	403 vs 292

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7550M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4463

465

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

292

403

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

17466

5371

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)	AMD Radeon HD 7550M
PassMark - G3D Mark	4463	465
PassMark - G2D Mark	292	403
Geekbench - OpenCL	17466	5371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	223.683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7239
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7239
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2084

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)	AMD Radeon HD 7550M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale 2
Code name	GP106B	Thames
Launch date	1 February 2017	7 January 2012
Place in performance rating	595	592
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz	550 MHz
Core clock speed	1354 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,911 gflops	480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	400
Texture fill rate	59.72 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.1 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5 / DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection