NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M vs ATI Radeon HD 4550
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M and ATI Radeon HD 4550 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 52% higher core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 600 MHz
- 9.4x more texture fill rate: 44.96 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
- 8x more pipelines: 640 vs 80
- 15x better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 96 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
- 16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
- Around 91% higher memory clock speed: 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1310 MHz
- 10.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2577 vs 236
- 6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 558
- 6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 558
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 13 March 2015 vs 30 September 2008 |
| Core clock speed | 914 MHz vs 600 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 44.96 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 640 vs 80 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,439 gflops vs 96 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 55 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 256 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1310 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2577 vs 236 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 vs 558 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 vs 558 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4550
- 3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
- Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 429 vs 217
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt vs 75 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 429 vs 217 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4550
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M | ATI Radeon HD 4550 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2577 | 236 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 217 | 429 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 9744 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 42.396 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 373.644 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.54 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 39.412 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 139.158 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4148 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3715 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | 558 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4148 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3715 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | 558 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3350 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M | ATI Radeon HD 4550 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Maxwell | TeraScale |
| Code name | GM107 | RV710 |
| Launch date | 13 March 2015 | 30 September 2008 |
| Place in performance rating | 797 | 800 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $59 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 914 MHz | 600 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 640 | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,439 gflops | 96 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 640 | 80 |
| Texture fill rate | 44.96 GTexel / s | 4.8 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 25 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,870 million | 242 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
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| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Length | 168 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 32 or 80 GB / s | 10.48 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 or 2500 MHz | 1310 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 or GDDR5 | DDR2 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
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