AMD Radeon R9 M295X vs NVIDIA GeForce MX550
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Amethyst | TU117 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Amethyst XT | MX550 |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 | Turing |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 12 nm |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 4,700 million |
| Die size | 366 mm² | 200 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Nov 23rd, 2014 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Crystal System (R9 M200) | GeForce MX (5xx) |
| Production | End-of-life | Unreleased |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Predecessor | Solar System | — |
| Successor | Mobility Radeon | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 723 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1250 MHz 5 Gbps effective | 1500 MHz 12 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1320 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 160.0 GB/s | 96.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 2048 | 1024 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 128 | 32 |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| Compute units | 32 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 128 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 512 KB | 2 MB |
| SM count | — | 8 |
| Tensor cores | — | 32 |
| RT cores | — | 8 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 23.14 GPixel/s | 21.12 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 92.54 GTexel/s | 42.24 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 2.961 TFLOPS (1:1) | 2.703 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 2.961 TFLOPS | 2.703 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 185.1 GFLOPS (1:16) | 42.24 GFLOPS (1:64) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | MXM Module | IGP |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 250 W | 25 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | None |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| CUDA | — | 7.5 |
