Radeon R3 Mobile Graphics vs Mobility HD 4550
Primary Details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Terascale 1 (2008−2010) | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | M92 | Beema |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 January 2010 (14 years ago) | 28 January 2015 (9 years ago) |
| Current price | no data | $380 |
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 | 80 | 128 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 655 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 242 million | 930 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.400 | 4.800 |
| Floating-point performance | 88 gflops | no data |
Form Factor & Compatibility
Information on Mobility Radeon HD 4550 and Radeon R3 Mobile Graphics 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.
| Interface | MXM-II | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
| Memory type | GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 11.2 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 |
API Compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & Cons Summary
| Recency | 1 January 2010 | 28 January 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | System Shared |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 28 nm |
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 4550 and Radeon R3 Mobile Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.
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