Radeon RX 550X Mobile vs GeForce 8300

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 8300 with Radeon RX 550X Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GeForce 8300
2008
40 Watt
0.24

550X Mobile outperforms 8300 by a whopping 2217% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1426648
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.468.58
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameC78Polaris 23
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date6 May 2008 (17 years ago)11 April 2018 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores16640
Core clock speed500 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1287 MHz
Number of transistors210 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate4.00051.48
Floating-point processing power0.048 TFLOPS1.647 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs840
L1 Cacheno data160 KB
L2 Cacheno data512 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIPCIe 3.0 x8
WidthIGPno data

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync-+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD1−2
−2500%
26
+2500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Escape from Tarkov 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry 5 21
+0%
21
+0%
Fortnite 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Valorant 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Dota 2 53
+0%
53
+0%
Escape from Tarkov 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry 5 18
+0%
18
+0%
Fortnite 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Metro Exodus 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20
+0%
20
+0%
Valorant 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Dota 2 49
+0%
49
+0%
Escape from Tarkov 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry 5 15
+0%
15
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
+0%
13
+0%
Valorant 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Valorant 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Escape from Tarkov 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Valorant 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Dota 2 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Escape from Tarkov 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

This is how GeForce 8300 and RX 550X Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RX 550X Mobile is 2500% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 61 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.24 5.56
Recency 6 May 2008 11 April 2018
Chip lithography 80 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 50 Watt

GeForce 8300 has 25% lower power consumption.

RX 550X Mobile, on the other hand, has a 2216.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 550X Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8300 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 8300 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon RX 550X Mobile is a notebook one.

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NVIDIA GeForce 8300
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