AMD Radeon Pro 5300 vs NVIDIA T550 Mobile Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data shows a clear overall advantage for the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 in the two shared benchmark tests. It wins both head-to-head comparisons, with a 2-0 record against the NVIDIA T550 Mobile.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 scores 38,747 points against 35,521 for the NVIDIA T550 Mobile. That is a 9.1% lead for the AMD part. This result places the Radeon Pro 5300 roughly on par with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti in the database, which averages 41,187 points, a negligible 0.8% difference. It also edges out the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (40,377 points, 1.2% ahead) and the AMD Radeon Pro 580 (40,318 points, 1.4% ahead). The NVIDIA T550 Mobile, by contrast, lands in a different performance tier: its average score sits at 33,161, essentially identical to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (33,170 points, 0.0% delta) and only 0.1% behind the AMD Radeon Pro 570 (33,207 points).

The gap widens considerably in Geekbench Vulkan. Here, the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 posts 35,793 points, while the NVIDIA T550 Mobile manages 30,801 points. The delta grows to 16.2%, a substantial margin that highlights the AMD architecture's stronger compute throughput under this API. For context, the AMD part's Vulkan result is 4.2% higher than its own OpenCL score, whereas the NVIDIA part's Vulkan score is 13.3% lower than its OpenCL result. This pattern suggests the Radeon Pro 5300 scales better across different compute interfaces.

The average benchmark score reinforces the hierarchy. The AMD Radeon Pro 5300 averages 40,870 points across all recorded tests, placing it in the 82nd percentile of all GPUs in the database. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile averages 33,161 points, good for the 77th percentile. The percentile difference of five points underscores that the AMD part sits in a higher performance bracket overall, despite both being classified as mobile or integrated-class solutions.

It is importantly the NVIDIA T550 Mobile has no recorded Geekbench Metal score in the database, while the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 has one at 48,070 points. This absence limits direct comparison in that specific API, but the available OpenCL and Vulkan data provide sufficient evidence for the performance ordering.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro 5300 averages 40,870 points across all recorded tests, which is 23.2% higher than the NVIDIA T550 Mobile's average of 33,161 points.

Q: How does the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 compare to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti in average score?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro 5300 is effectively tied with the RTX 3080 Ti, trailing by only 0.8% (40,870 versus 41,187 points).

Q: What is the biggest performance gap between the two GPUs in head-to-head tests?

A: The largest margin is in Geekbench Vulkan, where the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 leads by 16.2% (35,793 versus 30,801 points).

Q: Does the NVIDIA T550 Mobile outperform the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 in any benchmark?

A: No. The database records two head-to-head tests, and the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 wins both: Geekbench OpenCL by 9.1% and Geekbench Vulkan by 16.2%.

Q: How close is the NVIDIA T550 Mobile to its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile?

A: The T550 Mobile is statistically identical, with a 0.0% delta (33,161 versus 33,170 points).

Q: What percentile rank does each GPU hold in the database?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro 5300 sits in the 82nd percentile of all GPUs, while the NVIDIA T550 Mobile sits in the 77th percentile.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous: the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 is the faster GPU. It wins both head-to-head tests, holds a 23.2% higher average benchmark score, and ranks five percentile points higher in the overall distribution. For compute workloads that rely on OpenCL or Vulkan, the AMD part delivers 9.1% and 16.2% more performance, respectively, than the NVIDIA T550 Mobile.

The AMD Radeon Pro 5300's average score of 40,870 places it in the company of desktop-class GPUs like the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, which is a remarkable result for a part with an 85 W TDP. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile, with its 23 W TDP, is clearly optimized for a different purpose: maximum efficiency in constrained thermal envelopes. Its average score of 33,161 puts it in the same class as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile and the AMD Radeon Pro 570, both of which sit within a 0.1% delta.

Buyers who prioritize raw compute performance and have the thermal headroom should choose the AMD Radeon Pro 5300. The performance advantage is consistent across both available APIs, and the part's percentile rank indicates it outperforms a large majority of the database. Buyers who operate in ultra-low-power environments, where the 23 W TDP of the NVIDIA part is a critical constraint, would find the T550 Mobile more suitable, but they must accept a significant performance penalty: roughly 9% in OpenCL and 16% in Vulkan.

Neither part offers a clear win in terms of API compatibility, as both support DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The decision therefore hinges on performance versus power dissipation, and the data clearly favors the AMD part for performance.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ in several core specifications, though some parameters are shared. Both have 4 GB of GDDR6 memory, 32 ROPs, a DirectX 12 (12_1) API level, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4, an IGP slot width, and no power connectors.

The process node is a major differentiator: the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 uses a 7 nm process at TSMC, while the NVIDIA T550 Mobile uses a 12 nm process, also at TSMC. This translates into a transistor density of 40.5M per mm² for AMD versus 23.5M per mm² for NVIDIA, despite the AMD chip being smaller at 158 mm² versus 200 mm². The AMD chip packs 6,400 million transistors, while the NVIDIA chip has 4,700 million.

Clock speeds show a mixed picture. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile has a higher base clock at 1065 MHz versus 1000 MHz, and a higher boost clock at 1665 MHz versus 1650 MHz. However, the AMD part has a faster memory clock at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) versus 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective). The memory bus width favors AMD decisively: 128 bit versus 64 bit, yielding a bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s against 96.00 GB/s.

Compute resources also differ. The AMD Radeon Pro 5300 has 1,280 shading units, 80 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile has 1,024 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. These translate into a pixel rate of 52.80 GPixel/s for AMD versus 53.28 GPixel/s for NVIDIA, a negligible difference. The texture rate favors AMD at 132.0 GTexel/s versus 106.6 GTexel/s.

Floating-point performance shows AMD ahead: 4.224 TFLOPS FP32 versus 3.410 TFLOPS, and 8.448 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1) versus 6.820 TFLOPS (2:1). The power envelope is drastically different: the AMD part has an 85 W TDP with a suggested PSU of 250 W, while the NVIDIA part has a 23 W TDP with no suggested PSU listed.

The bus interface also differs: PCIe 4.0 x8 for AMD versus PCIe 3.0 x16 for NVIDIA. Display outputs are another divergence: the AMD part has no outputs, while the NVIDIA part is portable-device dependent.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gulf between these two GPUs is substantial. The AMD Radeon Pro 5300 is built on the Navi 14 chip using RDNA 1.0 architecture, part of the Radeon Pro Mac (Navi Series) generation. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile uses the TU117 chip with Turing architecture, part of the Quadro Turing-M (Tx000) generation.

RDNA 1.0 represents AMD's first-generation RDNA design, which introduced a new compute unit layout optimized for higher instructions per clock and improved energy efficiency compared to previous GCN designs. The Navi 14 chip is a mid-sized implementation, and the 7 nm TSMC process allows for a compact 158 mm² die with a high transistor density of 40.5M per mm².

Turing, by contrast, is NVIDIA's architecture that introduced hardware ray tracing and tensor cores in higher-end variants, though the TU117 chip used in the T550 Mobile does not include these features, as indicated by the null values for RT cores and tensor cores. The TU117 is a smaller Turing chip, manufactured on a 12 nm process, resulting in a larger 200 mm² die with lower transistor density at 23.5M per mm².

The memory subsystems reflect different design priorities. The AMD part uses a 128-bit bus with 14 Gbps GDDR6, delivering 224.0 GB/s. The NVIDIA part uses a 64-bit bus with 12 Gbps GDDR6, delivering only 96.00 GB/s. This 2.33x bandwidth advantage for AMD is a primary driver of its higher compute throughput in memory-intensive workloads.

Both architectures support the same API levels (DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4), but the underlying hardware differs in fundamental ways. RDNA 1.0 uses a scalar-based execution model, while Turing uses a vector-based model. The FP16 support is implemented as 2:1 ratio in both cases, meaning half-precision throughput is double the FP32 rate.

The production status for both is end-of-life. The AMD part was released on 2020-08-03, while the NVIDIA part has no recorded release date. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile has a documented predecessor (Quadro Pascal-M) and successor (Ampere-MW), while the AMD part lists neither. These lineage details indicate that the NVIDIA part is part of a longer product family succession, whereas the AMD Navi 14 appears as a standalone entry in the database.