GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q 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 RTX 2060 Max Q 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.

GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q and Radeon RX 550 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q 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 RTX 2060 Max Q or Radeon RX 550 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q Radeon RX 550 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q has 30% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 550 mobile.
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 550 mobile uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 550 mobile.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q is build with Turing architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 312 MHz higher, than GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q.
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q is manufactured by 12 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q is 5000 MHz higher, than Radeon RX 550 mobile.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 18−20
ultra / 1080p 35−40 10−12
QHD / 1440p 27−30 5−6
4K / 2160p 14−16 4−5
low / 720p 75−80 35−40
medium / 1080p 60−65 24−27
The average gaming FPS of GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 164% more, than Radeon RX 550 mobile.

Full Specs

  GeForce RTX 2060 Max Q Radeon RX 550 mobile
Architecture Turing Polaris
Code name N18E-G1 MAX-Q TU106 Polaris 12
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 6 January 2019 21 March 2017
Pipelines 1920 640
Core clock speed 975 MHz 1287 MHz
Boost Clock 1185 MHz 1476 MHz
Transistor count 10,800 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 142.2 51.48
Floating-point performance 1,647 gflops
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 11000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264.0 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.5 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA 7.5
FreeSync +
Laptop size large large
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