GeForce 940M vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 940M and Radeon RX 550 mobile, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 940M stacks up against Radeon RX 550 mobile, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 940M and Radeon RX 550 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 940M and Radeon RX 550 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 940M or Radeon RX 550 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 940M Radeon RX 550 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce 940M has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 550 mobile.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x8 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce 940M and Radeon RX 550 mobile have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce 940M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 215 MHz higher, than GeForce 940M.
  • GeForce 940M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 4000 MHz higher, than GeForce 940M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 18−20
ultra / 1080p 1−2 10−12
QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 12−14 35−40
medium / 1080p 4−5 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 360% more, than GeForce 940M.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940M Radeon RX 550 mobile
Architecture Maxwell Polaris
Code name N16S-GT-S/B Polaris 12
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 12 March 2015 21 March 2017
Pipelines 384 640
Core clock speed 1072 MHz 1287 MHz
Boost Clock 1176 MHz 1476 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 28.22 51.48
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 1,647 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 6000 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 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 101 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized large
Optimus +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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