NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs AMD Radeon R9 M395X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and AMD Radeon R9 M395X 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).

NVIDIA GeForce MX550

AMD Radeon R9 M395X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1065 MHz vs 723 MHz
456.5x more texture fill rate: 42.24 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
10x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz
Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35028 vs 27705
Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 102.448 vs 65.367
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1017.021 vs 799.421
Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 87.46 vs 71.057
Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 587.99 vs 413.329

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1065 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	35028 vs 27705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448 vs 65.367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021 vs 799.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46 vs 71.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99 vs 413.329

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395X

2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 733 vs 404
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5195 vs 4610
Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.718 vs 4.996

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2048 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	733 vs 404
PassMark - G3D Mark	5195 vs 4610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.718 vs 4.996

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M395X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

404

733

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4610

5195

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

35028

27705

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

102.448

65.367

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017.021

799.421

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.996

5.718

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.46

71.057

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

587.99

413.329

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	AMD Radeon R9 M395X
PassMark - G2D Mark	404	733
PassMark - G3D Mark	4610	5195
Geekbench - OpenCL	35028	27705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448	65.367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021	799.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.996	5.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46	71.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99	413.329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7365
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2154
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7365
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2154
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	AMD Radeon R9 M395X
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 3.0
Code name	TU117	Amethyst
Launch date	2022	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	451	454
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz
Core clock speed	1065 MHz	723 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	2048
Pixel fill rate	21.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		2,961 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12
OpenCL	3.0	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96.00 GB/s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore