GeForce GTX 965M vs Radeon RX 550

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 550, which features a core clock frequency of 1100 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It features 512 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 965M		5650 points
Radeon RX 550		3507 points
	Difference: 2143 (61%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 550		50 Watts
GeForce GTX 965M		60 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 550 should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 965M in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 550		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 50688 (79%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M will be quite a bit (about 72%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 550. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 550		35200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25216 (72%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 965M is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 550		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12608 (72%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.