GPU Comparison

AMD

RADEON

AMD Radeon Pro VII

CORE STATE Vega 20

VRAM 16 GB

CLOCK SPEED 1700 MHz

TDP 250 W

BUS WIDTH 4096 bit

ARCHITECTURE GCN 5.1

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2020

NVIDIA

GEFORCE

GeForce MX550

CORE STATE TU117SB

VRAM 2 GB

CLOCK SPEED 1320 MHz

TDP 25 W

BUS WIDTH 64 bit

ARCHITECTURE Turing

PROCESS 12 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

geekbench_metal

108,383

N/A

geekbench_opencl

90,148

20,372

geekbench_vulkan

92,862

32,469

Analysis: AMD Radeon Pro VII vs NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Looking at the test figures for AMD AMD Radeon Pro VII and NVIDIA's NVIDIA GeForce MX550, an obvious story unfolds. AMD AMD Radeon Pro VII repeatedly provides higher frame rates in our benchmarking. This performance edge spans from noticeable to outstanding relative to the specific benchmark. Such consistency speaks to fundamental architectural improvements. Those valuing graphics throughput would factor this in.

NVIDIA's NVIDIA GeForce MX550 cannot be dismissed fully, however the benchmark difference against AMD AMD Radeon Pro VII is difficult to ignore. For budget-conscious users, NVIDIA's NVIDIA GeForce MX550 might still be an option if the lower asking price accounts for the reduced capabilities. But, when raw rendering power, AMD AMD Radeon Pro VII remains the obvious champion. The conclusion is obvious. Speed enthusiasts might lean toward AMD AMD Radeon Pro VII.

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

Pro VII

MX550

Core Specs

Shading Units

3,840

1,024 -73.3%

Shaders

3,840

1,024 -73.3%

TMUs

240

32 -86.7%

ROPs

16 -75.0%

Compute Units

—

SM Count

—

Clocks

Base Clock

1400 MHz

1065 MHz

Boost Clock

1700 MHz

1320 MHz

Memory Clock

1000 MHz 2 Gbps effective

1500 MHz 12 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size

16 GB

2 GB

VRAM (MB)

16,384

2,048 -87.5%

Memory Type

HBM2

GDDR6

Memory Bus

4096 bit

64 bit

Bandwidth

1.02 TB/s

96.00 GB/s

Cache

L1 Cache

16 KB (per CU)

128 KB (per SM)

L2 Cache

4 MB

2 MB

Performance

Pixel Rate

108.8 GPixel/s

21.12 GPixel/s

Texture Rate

408.0 GTexel/s

42.24 GTexel/s

FP32 (TFLOPS)

13.06 TFLOPS

2.703 TFLOPS

FP64 (TFLOPS)

6.528 TFLOPS (1:2)

42.24 GFLOPS (1:64)

FP16 (TFLOPS)

26.11 TFLOPS (2:1)

2.703 TFLOPS (1:1)

Power

TDP

250 W

25 W

TDP (W)

250

25 -90.0%

Suggested PSU

600 W

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Power Connectors

1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

None

Architecture

GCN 5.1

Turing

GPU Name

Vega 20

TU117SB

Generation

Radeon Pro Vega (Vega II Series)

GeForce MX (5xx)

Process Size

7 nm

12 nm

Transistors

13,230 million

4,700 million

Die Size

331 mm²

200 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Density

40.0M / mm²

23.5M / mm²

API Support

DirectX

12 (12_1)

OpenGL

4.6

Vulkan

1.3

1.4

OpenCL

2.1

3.0

CUDA

—

7.5

Shader Model

6.7

6.8

Physical

Slot Width

Dual-slot

IGP

Length

305 mm 12 inches

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Height

111 mm 4.4 inches

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Outputs

6x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

Portable Device Dependent

Bus Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x8

Other

Launch Price

1,899 USD

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Production

End-of-life

Predecessor

Radeon Pro Polaris

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Successor

Radeon Pro Navi

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