GRID K160Q vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GRID K160Q 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 GRID K160Q stacks up against Radeon RX 550 mobile, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 550 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 550 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Radeon RX 550 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GRID K160Q Radeon RX 550 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GRID K160Q has 160% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 550 mobile.
  • GRID K160Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 550 mobile uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon RX 550 mobile has 3 GB more memory, than GRID K160Q.
  • GRID K160Q is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - in Laptops.
  • GRID K160Q is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 437 MHz higher, than GRID K160Q.
  • GRID K160Q 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 4218 MHz higher, than GRID K160Q.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 18−20
ultra / 1080p 0−1 10−12
QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 9−10 35−40
medium / 1080p 1−2 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 520% more, than GRID K160Q.

Full Specs

  GRID K160Q Radeon RX 550 mobile
Architecture Kepler Polaris
Code name GK107 Polaris 12
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 28 June 2013 21 March 2017
Pipelines 192 640
Core clock speed 850 MHz 1287 MHz
Boost Clock 1476 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 13.60 51.48
Floating-point performance 326.4 gflops 1,647 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 3.0
FreeSync +
Laptop size large
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