NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs AMD Radeon R9 270X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and AMD Radeon R9 270X 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 R9 270X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1050 MHz
502.9x more texture fill rate: 42.24 GTexel/s vs 84 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
7.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 102.448 vs 63.87
Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 87.46 vs 85.21
Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 587.99 vs 315.412

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s vs 84 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448 vs 63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46 vs 85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99 vs 315.412

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1024
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 611 vs 396
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4875 vs 4511
Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1314.72 vs 1017.021
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.354 vs 4.996

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1280 vs 1024
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	611 vs 396
PassMark - G3D Mark	4875 vs 4511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1314.72 vs 1017.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.354 vs 4.996

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

396

611

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4511

4875

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

102.448

63.87

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017.021

1314.72

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.996

6.354

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.46

85.21

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

587.99

315.412

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	AMD Radeon R9 270X
PassMark - G2D Mark	396	611
PassMark - G3D Mark	4511	4875
Geekbench - OpenCL	34540
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448	63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021	1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.996	6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46	85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99	315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1772

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	AMD Radeon R9 270X
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 1.0
Code name	TU117	Curacao
Launch date	2022	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	451	450
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$399
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		16.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz	1050 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	84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	2,800 million
Floating-point performance		2,688 gflops
Stream Processors		1280
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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	2 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12
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	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)