GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile vs Radeon RX 550

Place in performance ranking	520	88
Place by popularity	13	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.07	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Lexa	GN20-E7 GA104
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	20 April 2017 (7 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data
Current price	$121 (1.5x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	6144
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	780 - 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	1245 - 1710 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	37.86	296.6
Floating-point performance	1,211 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 550 and GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile 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	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	384.0 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
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	no data	8.6

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	18−21 −561%	119 +561%
1440p	12−14 −542%	77 +542%
4K	8−9 −500%	48 +500%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.05	41.26
Recency	20 April 2017	12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	150 Watt