T400 vs Radeon RX 550 Mobile

Place in performance ranking	525	438
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.87	16.46
Architecture	Polaris (2016−2019)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Polaris 12	TU117
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	21 March 2017 (7 years ago)	6 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	no data
Current price	$294 (3.7x MSRP)	$83

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

T400 has 238% better value for money than RX 550 Mobile.

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	640	384
Core clock speed	1287 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1476 MHz	1425 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	51.48	34.20
Floating-point performance	1,647 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 550 Mobile and T400 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	10 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	80 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

3x mini-DisplayPort

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	no data	7.5

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

−31.3%

21−24
+31.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

−20%

12−14
+20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −28.6%	18−20 +28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8 −25%	10−11 +25%
Battlefield 5	20−22 −35%	27−30 +35%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −27.3%	14−16 +27.3%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −22.7%	27−30 +22.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −33.3%	24−27 +33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −20%	30−33 +20%
Hitman 3	14 −28.6%	18−20 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −20%	30−33 +20%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −33.3%	24−27 +33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 −26.3%	24−27 +26.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	28 −25%	35−40 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10 −20%	12−14 +20%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −28.6%	18−20 +28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8 −25%	10−11 +25%
Battlefield 5	20−22 −35%	27−30 +35%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −27.3%	14−16 +27.3%
Far Cry 5	29 −20.7%	35−40 +20.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −33.3%	24−27 +33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −20%	30−33 +20%
Hitman 3	6 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −20%	30−33 +20%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −33.3%	24−27 +33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 −26.3%	24−27 +26.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12 −33.3%	16−18 +33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17 −23.5%	21−24 +23.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8 −25%	10−11 +25%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −28.6%	18−20 +28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −27.3%	14−16 +27.3%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −22.7%	27−30 +22.7%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −20%	30−33 +20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −20%	30−33 +20%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −33.3%	24−27 +33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24 −25%	30−33 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4 −25%	5−6 +25%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

−26.3%

24−27
+26.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −23.1%	16−18 +23.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Hitman 3	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −33.3%	12−14 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −27.3%	14−16 +27.3%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −33.3%	16−18 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	18−20 −33.3%	24−27 +33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Hitman 3	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Battlefield 5	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−28.6%

9−10
+28.6%

This is how RX 550 Mobile and T400 compete in popular games:

T400 is 31% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.92	9.38
Recency	21 March 2017	6 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	30 Watt