NVIDIA GeForce MX150 vs AMD Radeon RX 550

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Combined performance score

RX 550
7.01
+19.2%

Radeon RX 550 outperforms GeForce MX150 by 19% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking518553
Place by popularity17not in top-100
Value for money3.401.25
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameLexaN17S-G1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 April 2017 (6 years old)16 May 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data
Current price$121 (1.5x MSRP)$1049
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 550 has 172% better value for money than GeForce MX150.

Technical specs

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 cores512384
Core clock speed1100 MHz1468 MHz
Boost clock speed1183 MHz1532 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt25 Watt (10 - 25 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate37.8624.91
Floating-point performance1,211 gflops1,127 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 550 and GeForce MX150 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed7000 MHz6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s40.1 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDAno data6.1

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 7.01
+19.2%
GeForce MX150 5.88

Radeon RX 550 outperforms GeForce MX150 by 19% in our combined 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 2716
+19.2%
GeForce MX150 2279

Radeon RX 550 outperforms GeForce MX150 by 19% 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 11057
+17.8%
GeForce MX150 9386

Radeon RX 550 outperforms GeForce MX150 by 18% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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 HD30−35
+11.1%
27
−11.1%
1440p27−30
+12.5%
24
−12.5%
4K21−24
+10.5%
19
−10.5%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 7.01 5.88
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 25 Watt

The Radeon RX 550 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce MX150 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550 is a desktop card while GeForce MX150 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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