Radeon 550X Mobile vs P102-100
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 565 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.78 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.43 | no data |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | GP102 | Polaris 23 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 February 2018 (8 years ago) | 11 April 2018 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | 3200 | 640 |
| Core clock speed | 1582 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1683 MHz | 1287 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 11,800 million | 2,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 336.6 | 51.48 |
| Floating-point processing power | 10.77 TFLOPS | 1.647 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 80 | 16 |
| TMUs | 200 | 40 |
| L1 Cache | 1.2 MB | 160 KB |
| L2 Cache | 2.5 MB | 256 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | no 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 type | GDDR5X | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 5 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1376 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 440.3 GB/s | 48 GB/s |
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 | No outputs | No outputs |
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 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 6.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 February 2018 | 11 April 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 5 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 50 Watt |
P102-100 has a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount.
550X Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between P102-100 and Radeon 550X Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that P102-100 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 550X Mobile is a notebook one.
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