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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Radeon RX 550X mobile

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon RX 550X 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon RX 550X 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.
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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon RX 550X mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon RX 550X 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book or Radeon RX 550X mobile here:

    Maxwell GPU Surface Book Laptops
    Radeon RX 550X mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon RX 550X mobile
    Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon RX 550X mobile has 3 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 550X mobile - with Polaris.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550X mobile is 222 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550X mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550X mobile is 1988 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 8−9 14−16
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 9−10
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
    low / 720p 20−22 30−35
    medium / 1080p 10−12 20−22
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550X mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 72% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.

    Full Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book Radeon RX 550X mobile
    Architecture Maxwell Polaris
    Code name Surface Book Polaris 12
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 October 2015 10 January 2019
    Pipelines 384 640
    Core clock speed 954 MHz 1176 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz 1287 MHz
    Transistor count 2,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 51.48
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 7000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 6.4
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
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