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    GeForce GTX 480M vs Radeon RX 550X mobile

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 480M 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 GTX 480M 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.
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    GeForce GTX 480M and Radeon RX 550X mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 480M 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 GTX 480M or Radeon RX 550X mobile here:

    GeForce GTX 480M Laptops
    Radeon RX 550X mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 480M Radeon RX 550X mobile
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 50 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 480M has 100% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 550X mobile.
    • GeForce GTX 480M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon RX 550X mobile uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
    • Radeon RX 550X mobile has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 480M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 480M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon RX 550X mobile - with Polaris.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550X mobile is 326 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 480M.
    • GeForce GTX 480M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550X mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550X mobile is 5800 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 480M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−11 14−16
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 9−10
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
    low / 720p 21−24 30−35
    medium / 1080p 12−14 20−22
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550X mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 46% more, than GeForce GTX 480M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 480M Radeon RX 550X mobile
    Architecture Fermi Polaris
    Code name N11E-GTX-A3 Polaris 12
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 25 May 2010 10 January 2019
    Pipelines 352 640
    Core clock speed 850 MHz 1176 MHz
    Boost Clock 1287 MHz
    Transistor count 3,100 million 2,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 18.7 billion/sec 51.48
    Floating-point performance 598.4 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 7000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 96 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 API 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.4
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 2.0
    Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCI-E 2.0
    SLI options +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Laptop size large large
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