Switch GPU vs Radeon 550

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking609not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.37no data
Power efficiency7.48no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameLexaGM20B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)17 March 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores512256
Core clock speed1100 MHz384 MHz
Boost clock speed1183 MHz768 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate37.8612.29
Floating-point processing power1.211 TFLOPS0.3932 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs3216

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8IGP
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR4
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth56 GB/s25.6 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.76.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.11.2
Vulkan1.31.1.126
CUDA-5.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 17 March 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 20 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 15 Watt

Radeon 550 has an age advantage of 1 month, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Switch GPU, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 550 and Switch GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 550 is a desktop card while Switch GPU is a notebook one.


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