AMD Radeon Pro 575 vs NVIDIA T550 Mobile Comparison

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has a higher average benchmark score in the database?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro 575 records an average benchmark score of 39,555, placing it in the 82nd percentile of all GPUs. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile records 33,161, putting it in the 77th percentile.

Q: How do the two compare in the Geekbench OpenCL test?

A: The NVIDIA T550 Mobile wins the Geekbench OpenCL test with a score of 35,521 against the AMD Radeon Pro 575's 34,596. That is a 2.6% margin in favor of the NVIDIA part.

Q: Which GPU wins the Geekbench Vulkan test?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro 575 wins Geekbench Vulkan decisively, scoring 37,878 versus 30,801 for the NVIDIA T550 Mobile. This represents a 23% advantage for the AMD GPU.

Q: What are the memory configurations of these two GPUs?

A: Both have 4 GB of memory, but they differ in type and bandwidth. The AMD Radeon Pro 575 uses GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus with 217.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile uses GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus with 96.00 GB/s of bandwidth.

Q: What is the thermal design power of each GPU?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro 575 has a TDP of 150 W, while the NVIDIA T550 Mobile has a TDP of 23 W. The NVIDIA part draws substantially less power.

Q: What are the nearest rivals for each GPU in the database?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro 575's closest rivals include the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile (39,568 average score, 0% delta), the AMD Radeon Pro 575X (39,116, 1.1% delta), and the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 (40,063, -1.3% delta). The NVIDIA T550 Mobile's nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (33,170, 0% delta), the AMD Radeon Pro 570 (33,207, -0.1% delta), and the NVIDIA P104-100 (32,982, 0.5% delta).

The Verdict

The data separates these two mobile workstation GPUs along clear lines. The AMD Radeon Pro 575 is the stronger overall performer, with an average benchmark score of 39,555 versus 33,161 for the NVIDIA T550 Mobile. That is a substantial gap, and the percentile ranking reflects it: 82nd percentile for the AMD part versus 77th for the NVIDIA part.

Users who prioritize raw compute throughput should choose the AMD Radeon Pro 575. Its 4.489 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 140.3 GTexel/s texture rate outclass the NVIDIA T550 Mobile's 3.410 TFLOPS and 106.6 GTexel/s. In the Geekbench Vulkan test, the AMD GPU leads by 23%, which is a significant margin for applications that leverage Vulkan.

Users who face power constraints should choose the NVIDIA T550 Mobile. Its 23 W TDP is dramatically lower than the AMD Radeon Pro 575's 150 W. The NVIDIA part also wins the Geekbench OpenCL test, scoring 35,521 versus 34,596, a 2.6% edge. For compact, battery-driven systems where thermals and power draw are critical, the T550 Mobile is the sensible option despite its lower overall compute ceiling.

The verdict is not a clean sweep for either side. The AMD Radeon Pro 575 leads in average score, Vulkan performance, FP32 throughput, texture rate, and memory bandwidth. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile leads in OpenCL performance, power efficiency, pixel rate, and API support (DirectX 12_1 versus 12_0, Vulkan 1.4 versus 1.3). The choice depends entirely on whether the workload favors raw compute or power-conscious deployment.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database includes two direct head-to-head benchmark comparisons between these GPUs. The results show a split decision.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the NVIDIA T550 Mobile comes out ahead with a score of 35,521 against the AMD Radeon Pro 575's 34,596. The delta is 2.6% in favor of NVIDIA. This is a narrow margin, but it is consistent with the T550 Mobile's position in the database, where it sits close to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (33,170, 0% delta) and the AMD Radeon Pro 570 (33,207, -0.1% delta). The AMD Radeon Pro 575, by contrast, sits near the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile (39,568, 0% delta) and the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 (40,063, -1.3% delta) in its own rival cluster. The OpenCL result shows the T550 Mobile holding its own despite a much lower FP32 rating.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the AMD Radeon Pro 575 wins emphatically. Its score of 37,878 compares to 30,801 for the NVIDIA T550 Mobile, a 23% advantage for AMD. This is the largest delta in either direction in the head-to-head set. The AMD GPU's Vulkan 1.3 API support and higher memory bandwidth (217.0 GB/s) likely contribute to this outcome. The 23% lead suggests that Vulkan-based workloads will perform noticeably better on the AMD part.

The average benchmark scores reinforce the head-to-head results in the AMD GPU's favor. The AMD Radeon Pro 575 averages 39,555 across its three recorded tests (Geekbench Metal 46,192, Geekbench OpenCL 34,596, Geekbench Vulkan 37,878). The NVIDIA T550 Mobile averages 33,161 across its two recorded tests (Geekbench OpenCL 35,521, Geekbench Vulkan 30,801). The absence of a Geekbench Metal score for the NVIDIA part means the database average for the T550 Mobile is based on fewer data points, and its average score of 33,191 is derived from a smaller pool of benchmark results.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every major specification category in the database.

The AMD Radeon Pro 575 uses the Ellesmere chip, built on GlobalFoundries' 14 nm process. It packs 5,700 million transistors into a die size of 232 mm². The NVIDIA T550 Mobile uses the TU117 chip, built on TSMC's 12 nm process. It holds 4,700 million transistors on a die size of 200 mm². Transistor density is close between them: 24.6M per mm² for AMD versus 23.5M per mm² for NVIDIA.

Clock speeds differ considerably. The AMD Radeon Pro 575 lists no base clock, boost clock, or game clock listed in the database records only memory clock of 1695 MHz, or 6.8 Gbps effective. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile lists a base clock of 1065 MHz and a boost clock of 1665 MHz. Its memory clock is listed at 1500 MHz, or 12 Gbps effective.

Memory bandwidth is one of the largest gaps between these two parts. The AMD Radeon Pro 575 delivers 217.0 GB/s from a 256-bit bus with GDDR5 memory. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile delivers 217.0 GB/s from a 64-bit bus with GDDR6 memory. That is more than double the bandwidth for the AMD part, a difference that matters in bandwidth-bound workloads.

The compute resources also diverge sharply. The AMD Radeon Pro 575 has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile has 1,024 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The AMD part has twice the shading units of the NVIDIA part, and twice the TMUs.

The AMD Radeon Pro 575 outputs 35.07 GPixel/s pixel rate and 140.3 GTexel/s texture rate. It achieves 4.489 TFLOPS FP32 with a 4.489 TFLOPS FP16 (ratio 1:1 ratio). The NVIDIA T550 Mobile outputs 53.28 GPixel/s pixel rate and 106.6 GTexel/s texture rate. It achieves 3.410 TFLOPS FP32 with 6.820 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1 ratio). The NVIDIA part has a higher pixel rate than the AMD part while the AMD part has a higher texture rate than NVIDIA part.

Power consumption differs dramatically: 150 W for the AMD Radeon Pro 575 TDP versus 23 W for the NVIDIA T550 Mobile TDP.

The AMD Radeon Pro 575 uses an MXM Module slot width with no power connectors, while the NVIDIA T550 Mobile is an IGP slot width with no power connectors.

Both parts use PCIe 3.0 x16 bus interface and list their display outputs as Portable Device Dependent.

The AMD Radeon Pro 575 supports DirectX 12 (12_0 with OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3). The NVIDIA T550 Mobile supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3.

The AMD Radeon Pro 575 has a production status of End-of-life. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile also has a production status of End-of-life with a predecessor of Quadro Pascal-M and successor.

The AMD Radeon Pro 575 has a release date of 2017-06-04T17:00:00.000Z: 2017-06-04T17:00:00. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile lists no release date in the database.

Neither GPU has a recorded launch MSRP in the database, so no MSRP is available.

Architecture Differences

The architecture divide between GCN 4.0 and Turing-M shapes every performance outcome in this comparison.

The AMD Radeon Pro 575 belongs to GCN 4.0 architecture, a design that AMD applies across its Radeon Pro Mac (500 Series) generation. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile belongs to Turing architecture, part of the Quadro Turing-M (Tx000) generation of mobile workstation GPUs. NVIDIA's Turing architecture is built on TSMC's 12 nm process, while AMD's GCN 4.0 uses GlobalFoundries' 14 nm process.

The AMD GPU's architecture, GCN 4.0, emphasizes wide compute arrays. Its Ellesmere chip has 2,048 shading units, double the 1,024 shading units of the NVIDIA part. This leads to a shader count advantage that directly shows up in FP32 throughput: 4.489 TFLOPS versus 3.410 TFLOPS. The AMD part also has 128 TMUs versus 64 for NVIDIA, giving it a 140.3 GTexel/s texture rate compared to 106.6 GTexel/s for the NVIDIA part.

The NVIDIA T550 Mobile's Turing architecture prioritizes efficiency and specialized capabilities. Its TU117 chip supports DirectX 12_1, one tier higher than the AMD Radeon Pro 575's DirectX 12_0. It also supports Vulkan 1.4, a newer version than the AMD part's Vulkan 1.3. Turing's FP16 throughput is 2:1 ratio, delivering 6.820 TFLOPS FP16 versus the AMD part's 4.489 TFLOPS FP16 at 1:1 ratio.

The memory architecture also differs. The AMD Radeon Pro 575 uses a 256-bit bus with 217.0 GB/s of bandwidth, while the NVIDIA T550 Mobile uses a 64-bit bus with 96.00 GB/s of bandwidth. The AMD part's wider bus is a direct architectural choice for bandwidth-heavy workloads, while the NVIDIA part relies on GDDR6 efficiency to compensate for its narrower interface.

The transistor density is close between the two: 24.6M per mm² for AMD versus 23.5M per mm² for NVIDIA. This similarity in density, despite different process nodes, suggests both designs are efficient in their respective lithographies.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon Pro 575 wins in scenarios that demand raw compute and bandwidth. Its 4.489 TFLOPS FP32 output, 217.0 GB/s memory bandwidth, and 140.3 GTexel/s texture rate make it the stronger choice for GPU-accelerated rendering, scientific computing, machine learning inference (despite no tensor cores, its FP32 advantage helps), and any Vulkan-based workload. The 23% lead in Geekbench Vulkan confirms this bias toward compute-heavy tasks.

The NVIDIA T550 Mobile wins in power-constrained environments. Its 23 W TDP allows integration into thin-and-light mobile workstations where high-power GPUs are not feasible. Its 2.6% Geekbench OpenCL victory shows that OpenCL performance remains competitive with a much larger AMD part. The NVIDIA T550 Mobile's higher pixel rate of 53.28 GPixel/s, which exceeds the AMD part's 35.07 GPixel/s, indicates that pixel-bound workloads such as 3D rendering on mobile displays benefit from its rasterization throughput.

The NVIDIA T550 Mobile also wins on API support: DirectX 12_1 compatibility is one tier above the AMD Radeon Pro 575's 12_1 tier, and Vulkan 1.4 support is newer than the AMD part's Vulkan 1.3, meaning modern graphics features may be available on the NVIDIA part.

The AMD Radeon Pro 575 wins on memory bandwidth and compute density: 217.0 GB/s versus 96.00 GB/s. This makes it the better choice for large datasets, high-resolution textures, and workloads that saturate memory traffic.

The database's own rival placements reinforce this split. The AMD Radeon Pro 575 sits in a performance tier with the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile (39,568, 0% delta) and the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 (40,063, -1.3% delta). The NVIDIA T550 Mobile sits in a lower tier with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (33,170, 0% delta) and the AMD Radeon Pro 570 (33,207, -0.1% delta). Users who need the higher tier should select the AMD Radeon Pro 575; users who value efficiency and acceptable performance in a 4 GB package should select the NVIDIA T550 Mobile.