Radeon 550X Mobile vs R7 M260X
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 788 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN (2011−2017) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | Mars | Polaris 23 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 January 2014 (10 years ago) | 11 April 2018 (6 years ago) |
| Current price | no data | $467 |
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 | 384 | 640 |
| Compute units | 6 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 715 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 715 MHz | 1287 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 950 million | 2,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 17.16 | 51.48 |
| Floating-point performance | 549.1 gflops | 1,647 gflops |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on Radeon R7 M260X and Radeon 550X Mobile 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.
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 x8 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 6000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 48 GB/s |
| 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 |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | - | no data |
| Enduro | - | no data |
| FreeSync | 1 | no data |
| HD3D | + | no data |
| PowerTune | + | no data |
| DualGraphics | 1 | no data |
| TrueAudio | - | no data |
| ZeroCore | + | no data |
| Switchable graphics | 1 | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | no data | 1.2.131 |
| Mantle | + | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2014 | 11 April 2018 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 M260X and Radeon 550X Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
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