NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
VS
AMD Radeon R7 M440
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
VS
AMD Radeon R7 M440

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M  vs  AMD Radeon R7 M440.

816
Place in performance rating
698
Fermi
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GF108
Code name
Meso
Laptop
Type
Laptop
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
1 June 2016 (5 years ago)
$55
Price now
$737
0.27
Value for money
0.58
N12P-GT
GPU code name
Meso
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M  vs  AMD Radeon R7 M440 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

96
Pipelines
320
740 MHz
Core clock speed
1021 MHz
585 million
Transistor count
1,550 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
35 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
11.8 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
17.82
284.16 gflops
Floating-point performance
653.4 gflops
96
CUDA cores
no data
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
585 million
Number of transistors
1,550 million
35 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M and AMD Radeon R7 M440 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
large
Laptop size
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M vs AMD Radeon R7 M440.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR3
1536 MB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
900 MHz
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
28.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M vs AMD Radeon R7 M440.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M and AMD Radeon R7 M440 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 API
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
N/A
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M and AMD Radeon R7 M440 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M or AMD Radeon R7 M440 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
AMD Radeon R7 M440
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
AMD Radeon R7 M440
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
AMD Radeon R7 M440
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
AMD Radeon R7 M440
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
AMD Radeon R7 M440
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

Cheaper ($55 vs $737)

More maximum RAM amount (1536 MB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (28.8 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 M440

1.45% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (320 vs 96)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M or AMD Radeon R7 M440?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R7 M440 .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M versus AMD Radeon R7 M440 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.0 Out of 7 Hitesti Score
3.7 Out of 47 Hitesti Score