GeForce GTX 950M vs Radeon RX 550

Place in performance ranking	520	531
Place by popularity	13	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.07	0.85
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	Lexa	N16P-GT
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	20 April 2017 (7 years ago)	12 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data
Current price	$121 (1.5x MSRP)	$797

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 550 has 261% better value for money than GTX 950M.

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	512	640
CUDA cores	no data	640
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	914 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	1124 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.86	44.96
Floating-point performance	1,211 gflops	1,439 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 550 and GeForce GTX 950M 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	no data	medium sized
Bus support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	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	DDR3 or GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	32 or 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
VGA аnalog display support	no data	+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	no data	+
HDMI	+	+

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	no data	+
GeForce ShadowPlay	no data	+
GPU Boost	no data	2.0
GameWorks	no data	+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	no data	+
Optimus	no data	+
BatteryBoost	no data	+
Ansel	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1.126
CUDA	no data	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 550 7.05
+5.4%

GTX 950M 6.69

Radeon RX 550 outperforms GeForce GTX 950M by 5% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RX 550 2723
+5.4%

GTX 950M 2584

Radeon RX 550 outperforms GeForce GTX 950M by 5% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RX 550 11200
+17.6%

GTX 950M 9527

Radeon RX 550 outperforms GeForce GTX 950M by 18% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.