GeForce 945A vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 945A 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 945A 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.

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

  GeForce 945A Radeon RX 550 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon RX 550 mobile has 51% more power consumption, than GeForce 945A.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x8 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon RX 550 mobile has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce 945A.
  • GeForce 945A is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 945A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 215 MHz higher, than GeForce 945A.
  • GeForce 945A 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 988 MHz higher, than GeForce 945A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 18−20
ultra / 1080p 5−6 10−12
QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 20−22 35−40
medium / 1080p 10−12 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 109% more, than GeForce 945A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 945A Radeon RX 550 mobile
Architecture Maxwell Polaris
Code name GM108 Polaris 12
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 13 March 2015 21 March 2017
Pipelines 384 640
Core clock speed 1072 MHz 1287 MHz
Boost Clock 1189 MHz 1476 MHz
Transistor count 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 28.54 51.48
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 1,647 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 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 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 5.0
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 108 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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