NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 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.

NVIDIA GeForce MX550

AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1000 MHz
528x more texture fill rate: 42.24 GTexel/s vs 80 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
9x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1200 MHz
Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 102.448 vs 55.446
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1017.021 vs 952.668
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.996 vs 4.68
Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 87.46 vs 64.456
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 587.99 vs 294.215

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 5 March 2012
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s vs 80 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448 vs 55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021 vs 952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.996 vs 4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46 vs 64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99 vs 294.215

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1024
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 592 vs 399
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4636 vs 4541
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 34403

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1280 vs 1024
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	592 vs 399
PassMark - G3D Mark	4636 vs 4541
Geekbench - OpenCL	77430 vs 34403

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

592

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4541

4636

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

34403

77430

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

102.448

55.446

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017.021

952.668

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.996

4.68

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.46

64.456

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

587.99

294.215

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	592
PassMark - G3D Mark	4541	4636
Geekbench - OpenCL	34403	77430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448	55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021	952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.996	4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46	64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99	294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1651

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 1.0
Code name	TU117	Pitcairn
Launch date	2022	5 March 2012
Place in performance rating	474	477
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1065 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	42.24 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	2.703 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.703 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	1280
Pixel fill rate	21.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s	80 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	2,800 million
Floating-point performance		2,560 gflops
Stream Processors		1024
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	11
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96.00 GB/s	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync