NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
VS
AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile

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 GTX 680MX  vs  AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile.

288
Place in performance rating
272
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Value for money (0-100)
55.72
Kepler
Architecture
Polaris
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Code name
Lexa
Laptop
Type
Laptop
23 October 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
21 March 2017 (4 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$79.99
$200
Price now
$294 (3.7x MSRP)
7.34
Value for money
14.30
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GPU code name
Polaris 12
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX  vs  AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile 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.

1536
Pipelines
640
720 MHz
Core clock speed
1287 MHz
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Boost Clock
1287 MHz
3540 Million
Transistor count
2,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
122 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
92.2 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
51.48
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Floating-point performance
1,647 gflops
1536
CUDA cores
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1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
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Boost clock speed
1476 MHz
3540 Million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
122 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
large
Laptop size
large
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SLI options
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PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
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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 GTX 680MX vs AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
2500 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
160 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96 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 GTX 680MX vs AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile.

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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.

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3D Vision
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CUDA
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Optimus
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FreeSync
+
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DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+
+
FXAA
no data
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TXAA
no data
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Adaptive VSync
no data
+
Verde Drivers
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DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
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3D Vision / 3DTV Play
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile 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
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Vulkan
1.2.131
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Shader Model
6.4
1.1
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX and AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile 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 GTX 680MX or AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile
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 GTX 680MX

0.22% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($200 vs $294 (3.7x MSRP))

More pipelines (1536 vs 640)

More memory bandwidth (160 GB/s vs 96 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 122 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX or AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX versus AMD Radeon RX 550 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

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