AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon Instinct MI25

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

AMD Radeon Instinct MI25

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 300 Watt
4.1x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1704 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1704 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI25

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1183 MHz
7.5x more texture fill rate: 384.0 GTexel / s vs 51.48 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 4096 vs 640
10240x better floating-point performance: 12,288 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB

Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1183 MHz
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s vs 51.48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 640
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 4 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Instinct MI25

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon Instinct MI25
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6958
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1634
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1634
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1846
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1846
Geekbench - OpenCL		68507

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon Instinct MI25
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Lexa	Vega 10
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99
Place in performance rating	not rated	581
Price now	$75
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	56.41
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	1500 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1400 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	12,288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	640	4096
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel / s	384.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	12,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	482.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1704 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	HBM2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)