AMD Radeon RX 550 vs AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 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 5 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1037.305 vs 830.773
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 10 November 2016
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 vs 830.773

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100

  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1201 MHz vs 1183 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 76.86 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 512
  • 2050x better floating-point performance: 2,460 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3676 vs 2690
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 634 vs 476
  • Around 52% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17696 vs 11610
  • Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55.077 vs 33.507
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.132 vs 3.064
  • Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 82.584 vs 52.533
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 225.985 vs 140.911
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5431 vs 4485
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1123 vs 940
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2678 vs 2158
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5431 vs 4485
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1123 vs 940
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2678 vs 2158
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1125 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed 1201 MHz vs 1183 MHz
Texture fill rate 76.86 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 512
Floating-point performance 2,460 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3676 vs 2690
PassMark - G2D Mark 634 vs 476
Geekbench - OpenCL 17696 vs 11610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55.077 vs 33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.132 vs 3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 82.584 vs 52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 225.985 vs 140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5431 vs 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1123 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2678 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5431 vs 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1123 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2678 vs 2158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2690
3676
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
476
634
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11610
17696
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.507
55.077
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1037.305
830.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.064
4.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.533
82.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
140.911
225.985
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
5431
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
2678
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
5431
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
2678
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100
PassMark - G3D Mark 2690 3676
PassMark - G2D Mark 476 634
Geekbench - OpenCL 11610 17696
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507 55.077
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 830.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064 4.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533 82.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 140.911 225.985
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 5431
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 940 1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2158 2678
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 5431
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940 1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2158 2678
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 127

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Lexa Baffin
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 10 November 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $79 $399
Place in performance rating 876 596
Price now $75 $259.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 59.51 19.63

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz 1201 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 1125 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 2,460 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 512 1024
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s 76.86 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 3,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 4x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
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 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 6000 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)