NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded vs AMD Radeon 550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded and AMD Radeon 550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded

AMD Radeon 550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded

Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1335 MHz vs 1183 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 85.44 GTexel/s vs 37.86 GTexel/s
4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 512
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 50 Watt
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6761 vs 2103

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1335 MHz vs 1183 MHz
Texture fill rate	85.44 GTexel/s vs 37.86 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2048 vs 512
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6761 vs 2103

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550

2.5x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 435 MHz
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 467 vs 434

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 435 MHz
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	467 vs 434

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

434

467

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6761

2103

Name	NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded	AMD Radeon 550
PassMark - G2D Mark	434	467
PassMark - G3D Mark	6761	2103
Geekbench - OpenCL	39800

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded	AMD Radeon 550
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 4.0
Code name	GA107S	Lexa
Place in performance rating	273	276
Launch date		20 Apr 2017
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1335 MHz	1183 MHz
Core clock speed	435 MHz	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	85.44 GFLOPS (1:64)	75.71 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5.468 TFLOPS (1:1)	1,211 GFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.468 TFLOPS	1,211 GFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	512
Pixel fill rate	64.08 GPixel/s	18.93 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	85.44 GTexel/s	37.86 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	50 Watt
Compute units		8
Transistor count		2200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		145 mm, 5.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		250 Watt
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 (12_0)
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	88.00 GB/s	56.00 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5