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

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X 640SP and AMD Radeon RX 560X 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 550X 640SP

AMD Radeon RX 560X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X 640SP

527.3x better floating-point performance: 1,371 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 75 Watt

Floating-point performance	1,371 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 1019 MHz
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1275 MHz vs 1071 MHz
1904.8x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 42.84 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 640
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz

Core clock speed	1175 MHz vs 1019 MHz
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz vs 1071 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 42.84 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 640
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X 640SP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 560X

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550X 640SP	AMD Radeon RX 560X
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5698
PassMark - G2D Mark		669
PassMark - G3D Mark		3553
Geekbench - OpenCL		16380
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		4873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		4873
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550X 640SP	AMD Radeon RX 560X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Baffin	Polaris 21
Launch date	11 April 2018	3 April 2018
Place in performance rating	not rated	385
Type	Desktop	Desktop, Laptop
Design		Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1071 MHz	1275 MHz
Core clock speed	1019 MHz	1175 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,371 gflops	2.6 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	640	1024
Texture fill rate	42.84 GTexel / s	81.60 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	3,000 million
Compute units		14/16
Pixel fill rate		20.40 GP/s
Render output units		16
Stream Processors		896/1024
Texture Units		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	112 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support