AMD Radeon 550 vs AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550 and AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 550

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1183 MHz
4.3x more texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 37.86 GTexel/s
2.8x more pipelines: 1408 vs 512
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 784 vs 454
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9164 vs 1885

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Dec 2019 vs 20 Apr 2017
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz vs 1183 MHz
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s vs 37.86 GTexel/s
Pipelines	1408 vs 512
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	784 vs 454
PassMark - G3D Mark	9164 vs 1885

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

454

784

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1885

9164

Name	AMD Radeon 550	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	454	784
PassMark - G3D Mark	1885	9164
Geekbench - OpenCL		44855
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		13.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		125.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		742.778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3367
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4892

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 550	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	RDNA 1.0
Code name	Lexa	Navi 14
Launch date	20 Apr 2017	12 Dec 2019
Place in performance rating	284	288
Launch price (MSRP)		$169
Type		Desktop, Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	1845 MHz
Compute units	8	22
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	75.71 GFLOPS (1:16)	324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1,211 GFLOPS (1:1)	10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1,211 GFLOPS	5.196 TFLOPS
Pipelines	512	1408
Pixel fill rate	18.93 GPixel/s	59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s	162.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	6400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	145 mm, 5.7 inches	7.09 inches (180 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Width		Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12 (12_0)	12.1
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	56.00 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support