Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7850 outperforms GeForce GT 550M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 7850 is 425 days newer than GeForce GT 550M.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
- Consumes up to 73% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7850 - 35 vs 130 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7850
- Performs up to 3% better in Lost Ark than GeForce GT 550M - 169 vs 164 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M - 2 vs 1 GB
Lost Ark
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
GeForce GT 550M
Mobile • Jan 5th, 2011
Radeon HD 7850
Desktop • Mar 5th, 2012
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7850
Desktop • Mar 5th, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
27.52 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
55.04 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7850 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 5th, 2011 | Release Date | Mar 5th, 2012 |
| GeForce 500M | Generation | Southern Islands |
| Not Available | MSRP | $249 |
| None | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 1 GB | Memory | 2 GB |
| DDR3 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 28.8 GB/s | Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s |
| 740 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 860 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 900 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1200 MHz |
