Mobility Radeon HD 550v vs GeForce GT 550M

Place in performance ranking	939	1118
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.27	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code name	N12P-GT	M96
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	5 May 2010 (14 years ago)

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	96	320
Core clock speed	740 MHz	450 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	514 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	11.84	14.40
Floating-point performance	284.16 gflops	288 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 550M and Mobility Radeon HD 550v compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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	large	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
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	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	19.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 550M 1.48
+92.2%

ATI Mobility HD 550v 0.77

GeForce GT 550M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 550v by 92% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GT 550M 4782
+116%

ATI Mobility HD 550v 2214

GeForce GT 550M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 550v by 116% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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:

900p	15 +114%	7−8 −114%
Full HD	21 +5%	20 −5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Hitman 3	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +25%	12−14 −25%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +6.5%	30−35 −6.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Hitman 3	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +25%	12−14 −25%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +6.5%	30−35 −6.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Hitman 3	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +25%	12−14 −25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +6.5%	30−35 −6.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

This is how GT 550M and ATI Mobility HD 550v compete in popular games:

GT 550M is 114% faster in 900p
GT 550M is 5% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GT 550M is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GT 550M is ahead in 32 tests (91%)
there's a draw in 3 tests (9%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.48	0.77
Recency	6 January 2011	5 May 2010
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt

GT 550M has a 92.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 months, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

ATI Mobility HD 550v, on the other hand, has 250% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GT 550M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 550v in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.