Radeon R9 390X2 vs GeForce MX550

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking474not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency32.86no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)GCN (2012−2015)
GPU code nameTU117Sno data
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 December 2021 (4 years ago)no data

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 cores10242
Core clock speed1065 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1320 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors4,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)25 Wattno data
Texture fill rate42.24no data
Floating-point processing power2.703 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs32no data
L1 Cache2 MBno data
L2 Cache2 MBno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR6512
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bit5400 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth96 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

Supported technologies

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

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API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)GDDR5
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between GeForce MX550 and Radeon R9 390X2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce MX550 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R9 390X2 is a desktop one.

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