AMD Radeon RX 550X vs AMD Radeon 530
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD Radeon 530 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
- Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1024 MHz
- Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 1287 MHz vs 1024 MHz
- 2.1x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 24.58 GTexel/s
- Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 4500 MHz
- 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 423 vs 174
- 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2365 vs 1030
- Around 77% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8858 vs 5014
- Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3428 vs 2021
- Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3428 vs 2021
- Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3139 vs 2246
- Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3139 vs 2246
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 3 April 2018 vs 18 April 2017 |
| Core clock speed | 1100 MHz vs 1024 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1287 MHz vs 1024 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 51.48 GTexel/s vs 24.58 GTexel/s |
| Pipelines | 512 vs 384 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz vs 4500 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 423 vs 174 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2365 vs 1030 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 8858 vs 5014 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3428 vs 2021 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3428 vs 2021 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3139 vs 2246 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3139 vs 2246 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530
- 484.8x better floating-point performance: 800 GFLOPs vs 1.65 TFLOPs
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Floating-point performance | 800 GFLOPs vs 1.65 TFLOPs |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3355 vs 3349 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3355 vs 3349 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 530
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 550X | AMD Radeon 530 |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 423 | 174 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2365 | 1030 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 8858 | 5014 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3428 | 2021 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3428 | 2021 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3139 | 2246 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3139 | 2246 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3349 | 3355 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3349 | 3355 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 506 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 550X | AMD Radeon 530 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | GCN |
| Code name | Lexa | Meso |
| Design | Radeon RX 500X Series | Radeon 500 Series |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | 3rd Gen |
| Launch date | 3 April 2018 | 18 April 2017 |
| Place in performance rating | 617 | 1099 |
| Type | Desktop, Laptop | Desktop, Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1287 MHz | 1024 MHz |
| Compute units | 8/10 | 6 |
| Core clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1024 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1.65 TFLOPs | 800 GFLOPs |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 512 | 384 |
| Pixel fill rate | 20.60 GP/s | 8.20 GP/s |
| Render output units | 16 | 8 |
| Stream Processors | 512/640 | 320/384 |
| Texture fill rate | 51.48 GTexel/s | 24.58 GTexel/s |
| Texture Units | 40 | 20/24 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,200 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 145 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 48 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 4500 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR3/GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
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| FreeSync | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
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| AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture | ||
| DualGraphics | ||
| Enduro | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| TressFX | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
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