GeForce 830M vs Radeon RX 550X mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 830M and Radeon RX 550X mobile. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce 830M and Radeon RX 550X mobile. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

GeForce 830M and Radeon RX 550X mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 830M and Radeon RX 550X mobile are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce 830M or Radeon RX 550X mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 830M Radeon RX 550X mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon RX 550X mobile has 51% more power consumption, than GeForce 830M.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x8 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon RX 550X mobile has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce 830M.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce 830M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 550X mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550X mobile is 147 MHz higher, than GeForce 830M.
  • GeForce 830M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550X mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550X mobile is 5200 MHz higher, than GeForce 830M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 14−16
ultra / 1080p 0−1 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 12−14 30−35
medium / 1080p 3−4 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550X mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than GeForce 830M.

Full Specs

  GeForce 830M Radeon RX 550X mobile
Architecture Maxwell Polaris
Code name N15? Polaris 12
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 12 March 2014 10 January 2019
Pipelines 256 640
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1176 MHz
Boost Clock 1150 MHz 1287 MHz
Transistor count 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 18.40 51.48
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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