AMD Radeon RX 550X videocard review

Radeon RX 550X videocard released by AMD; release date: 3 April 2018. The videocard is designed for desktop, laptop-computers and based on GCN 4.0 microarchitecture codenamed Lexa.

Core clock speed - 1100 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1287 MHz. Texture fill rate - 51.48 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 512. Floating-point performance - 1.65 TFLOPs. Manufacturing process technology - 14 nm. Transistors count - 2,200 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 50 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 128 bit. Memory clock speed - 7000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 112 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1401

423

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38287

2365

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

346719

8858

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

3428 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

3428.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

3139 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

3139.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3349 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3349.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G2D Mark	423
PassMark - G3D Mark	2365
Geekbench - OpenCL	8858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	3428 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	3428.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3139 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3139.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3349 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3349.000 Fps

Games performance

1. F1 2018 (2018)
2. Far Cry 5 (2018)
3. X-Plane 11.11 (2018)
4. Ghost Recon Wildlands (2017)
5. For Honor (2017)

6. Battlefield 1 (2016)
7. Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)
8. Dota 2 Reborn (2015)
9. The Witcher 3 (2015)
10. BioShock Infinite (2013)
11. Tomb Raider (2013)

F1 2018 (2018)

Low, 1280x720	52.00
Medium, 1920x1080	26.00
High, 1920x1080	20.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	14.00

Far Cry 5 (2018)

Low, 1280x720	47.00
Medium, 1920x1080	21.00
High, 1920x1080	18.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	15.00

X-Plane 11.11 (2018)

Low, 1280x720	26.50
Medium, 1920x1080	20.99
High, 1920x1080	19.02

Ghost Recon Wildlands (2017)

Low, 1280x720	46.90
Medium, 1920x1080	20.50
High, 1920x1080	13.60

For Honor (2017)

Low, 1280x720	75.70
Medium, 1920x1080	26.50
High, 1920x1080	25.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	16.30

Battlefield 1 (2016)

Low, 1280x720	69.10
Medium, 1366x768	52.20
High, 1920x1080	23.80

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Low, 1024x768	65.70
Medium, 1366x768	39.80
High, 1920x1080	20.20

Dota 2 Reborn (2015)

Low, 1280x720	86.40
Medium, 1366x768	78.30
High, 1920x1080	52.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	49.35

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	62.50
Medium, 1366x768	39.20
High, 1920x1080	20.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	12.50

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720	168.60
Medium, 1366x768	100.40
High, 1366x768	81.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	28.55

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768	178.40
Medium, 1366x768	86.90
High, 1366x768	69.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	36.80

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0
Code name	Lexa
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018
Place in performance rating	617
Type	Desktop, Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm
Pipelines	512
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support