Mobility Radeon HD 4550 vs GeForce 610M

Primary Details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	1114	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.13	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code name	N13M-GE	M92
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 December 2011 (12 years ago)	1 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Current price	$55	no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	80
CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	672 MHz	550 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	292 million	242 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	Up to 7.2 billion/sec	4.400
Floating-point performance	129.02 gflops	88 gflops
Video decoders	H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce 610M and Mobility Radeon HD 4550 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM Capacity and Type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 14.4 GB/s	11.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536	no data

Supported GPU Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

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no data

API Compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 API	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	6 December 2011	1 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	55 nm

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