AMD Radeon RX 550X 640SP vs AMD Radeon RX 560DX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X 640SP and AMD Radeon RX 560DX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon RX 550X 640SP

AMD Radeon RX 560DX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X 640SP

Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560DX

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 1019 MHz
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 1071 MHz
Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 65.8 GTexel / s vs 42.84 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher pipelines: 896 vs 640
Around 54% better floating-point performance: 2,106 gflops vs 1,371 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Core clock speed	1090 MHz vs 1019 MHz
Boost clock speed	1175 MHz vs 1071 MHz
Texture fill rate	65.8 GTexel / s vs 42.84 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,106 gflops vs 1,371 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550X 640SP	AMD Radeon RX 560DX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Baffin	Polaris 21
Launch date	11 April 2018	11 April 2018
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1071 MHz	1175 MHz
Core clock speed	1019 MHz	1090 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,371 gflops	2,106 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	640	896
Texture fill rate	42.84 GTexel / s	65.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	3,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	145 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5