NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs AMD Radeon R9 285

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and AMD Radeon R9 285 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 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1065 MHz vs 918 MHz
410.9x more texture fill rate: 42.24 GTexel/s vs 102.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
7.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 190 Watt
Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 102.448 vs 72.799
Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 587.99 vs 391.399

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 2 September 2014
Core clock speed	1065 MHz vs 918 MHz
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s vs 102.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 190 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448 vs 72.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99 vs 391.399

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 285

Around 75% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1024
3.7x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 597 vs 404
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6680 vs 4606
Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1474.632 vs 1017.021
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.369 vs 4.996
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 91.954 vs 87.46

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1792 vs 1024
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	597 vs 404
PassMark - G3D Mark	6680 vs 4606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1474.632 vs 1017.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.369 vs 4.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	91.954 vs 87.46

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 285

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

404

597

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4606

6680

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

102.448

72.799

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017.021

1474.632

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.996

6.369

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.46

91.954

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

587.99

391.399

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	AMD Radeon R9 285
PassMark - G2D Mark	404	597
PassMark - G3D Mark	4606	6680
Geekbench - OpenCL	34962
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448	72.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021	1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.996	6.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46	91.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99	391.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2782
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2778

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	AMD Radeon R9 285
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 3.0
Code name	TU117	Tonga
Launch date	2022	2 September 2014
Place in performance rating	451	445
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$249
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz
Core clock speed	1065 MHz	918 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	1792
Pixel fill rate	21.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s	102.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	190 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		3,290 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		221 mm
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	176.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)