Key Differences
In short — Radeon HD 7970M 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 7970M is 475 days newer than GeForce GT 550M.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
- Consumes up to 65% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970M - 35 vs 100 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970M
- Performs up to 17% better in Deathloop than GeForce GT 550M - 48 vs 41 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M - 2 vs 1 GB
Deathloop
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GT 550M
Mobile • Jan 5th, 2011
Radeon HD 7970M
Mobile • Apr 24th, 2012
Theoretical Performance
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970M |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 5th, 2011 | Release Date | Apr 24th, 2012 |
| GeForce 500M | Generation | London |
| Not Available | MSRP | Not Available |
| None | Outputs | None |
| None | Power Connectors | None |
Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| 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 | 850 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 900 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1200 MHz |
