Radeon RX 550 512SP vs GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	247	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	13.30	no data
Power efficiency	16.88	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	GP104B	Baffin
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 August 2016 (9 years ago)	13 October 2017 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$389.99	$79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1920	512
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1019 MHz
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	1071 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	210.6	34.27
Floating-point processing power	6.738 TFLOPS	1.097 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	16
TMUs	128	32
L1 Cache	768 KB	128 KB
L2 Cache	2 MB	512 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 size	large	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	no data	145 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8 GB/s	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	96 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 Connectors	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	-	+
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 August 2016	13 October 2017
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	50 Watt