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    GeForce GTX 860M vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 860M and Radeon RX 550 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 860M and Radeon RX 550 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 860M and Radeon RX 550 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 860M 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 GTX 860M or Radeon RX 550 mobile here:

    GeForce GTX 860M Laptops
    Radeon RX 550 mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 860M Radeon RX 550 mobile
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 860M has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 550 mobile.
    • GeForce GTX 860M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon RX 550 mobile uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 860M and Radeon RX 550 mobile have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 860M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 490 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 860M.
    • GeForce GTX 860M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 5−6 5−6
    4K / 2160p 4−5 4−5
    low / 720p 30−35 35−40
    medium / 1080p 21−24 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 13% more, than GeForce GTX 860M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 860M Radeon RX 550 mobile
    Architecture Maxwell Polaris
    Code name N15P-GX Polaris 12
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2014 21 March 2017
    Pipelines 640 640
    Core clock speed 797 MHz 1287 MHz
    Boost Clock 915 MHz 1476 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 2,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 43.40 51.48
    Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops 1,647 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 6000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80.0 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 1.1 2.0
    Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 1152 or 640
    Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 163 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized large
    Standard memory configuration GDDR5
    eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
    LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
    HDCP content protection +
    7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI +
    TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
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