GeForce 940MX vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 940MX 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 940MX 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 940MX and Radeon RX 550 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 940MX 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 940MX or Radeon RX 550 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 940MX Radeon RX 550 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon RX 550 mobile has 117% more power consumption, than GeForce 940MX.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x8 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce 940MX and Radeon RX 550 mobile have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce 940MX is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 165 MHz higher, than GeForce 940MX.
  • GeForce 940MX 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 2000 MHz higher, than GeForce 940MX.

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 16−18 35−40
medium / 1080p 8−9 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 155% more, than GeForce 940MX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940MX Radeon RX 550 mobile
Architecture Maxwell Polaris
Code name N16S-GTR-B/S Polaris 12
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 10 March 2016 21 March 2017
Pipelines 384 640
Core clock speed 1122 MHz 1287 MHz
Boost Clock 1242 MHz 1476 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 23.83 51.48
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops 1,647 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 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 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1 1.2.131
CUDA +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 102 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized large
Optimus +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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