AMD Radeon 550 vs AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550 and AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon 550

AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 931 MHz
Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 1011 MHz
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective vs 700 MHz (1400 MHz effective)
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 466 vs 370

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 931 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz vs 1011 MHz
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective vs 700 MHz (1400 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	466 vs 370

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
2.1x more texture fill rate: 80.88 GTexel/s vs 37.86 GTexel/s
2.5x more pipelines: 1280 vs 512
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4769 vs 2121

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 20 Apr 2017
Texture fill rate	80.88 GTexel/s vs 37.86 GTexel/s
Pipelines	1280 vs 512
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4769 vs 2121

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

466

370

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2121

4769

Name	AMD Radeon 550	AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL
PassMark - G2D Mark	466	370
PassMark - G3D Mark	2121	4769

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 550	AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Lexa	Polaris 22
Launch date	20 Apr 2017	1 February 2018
Place in performance rating	300	301
Type		Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	1011 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	931 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	75.71 GFLOPS (1:16)	161.8 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1,211 GFLOPS (1:1)	2.588 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1,211 GFLOPS	2.588 TFLOPS
Pipelines	512	1280
Pixel fill rate	18.93 GPixel/s	32.35 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s	80.88 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	5000 million
Compute performance		20
Texture Units		65 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	IGP
Length	145 mm, 5.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 (12_0)	12
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)	6.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	56.00 GB/s	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	1024 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective	700 MHz (1400 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR5	HBM2
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)