Radeon E8860 vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon E8860 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 Radeon E8860 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

  Radeon E8860 Radeon RX 550 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 37 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon RX 550 mobile has 35% more power consumption, than Radeon E8860.
  • Radeon E8860 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 550 mobile uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon RX 550 mobile has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon E8860.
  • Radeon E8860 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - in Laptops.
  • Radeon E8860 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 712 MHz higher, than Radeon E8860.
  • Radeon E8860 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 1500 MHz higher, than Radeon E8860.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 18−20
ultra / 1080p 4−5 10−12
QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 18−20 35−40
medium / 1080p 9−10 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 130% more, than Radeon E8860.

Full Specs

  Radeon E8860 Radeon RX 550 mobile
Architecture GCN 1.0 Polaris
Code name Venus Polaris 12
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 25 January 2014 21 March 2017
Pipelines 640 640
Core clock speed 575 MHz 1287 MHz
Boost Clock 625 MHz 1476 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 25.00 51.48
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops 1,647 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 48 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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