AMD Radeon RX 550 vs AMD FirePro W6150M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD FirePro W6150M 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1075 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2714 vs 2358
  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 286
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 12 November 2015
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1075 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2714 vs 2358
PassMark - G2D Mark 488 vs 286

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W6150M

  • Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 51.6 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
  • 1375.8x better floating-point performance: 1,651 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • 3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43598 vs 11719
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2698 vs 940
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 2158
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2698 vs 940
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 2158
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 51.6 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 43598 vs 11719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2698 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2698 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 2158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W6150M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2714
2358
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
488
286
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11719
43598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
2698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
2698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3360
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD FirePro W6150M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2714 2358
PassMark - G2D Mark 488 286
Geekbench - OpenCL 11719 43598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 940 2698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2158 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940 2698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2158 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1199

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD FirePro W6150M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Lexa Saturn
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 12 November 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Place in performance rating 850 658
Price now $75
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 59.51

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 1075 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 1,651 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 768
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s 51.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 145 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 88 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)