AMD Radeon RX 550X vs AMD Radeon Pro 560

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD Radeon Pro 560 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), 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).

AMD Radeon RX 550X

AMD Radeon Pro 560

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 907 MHz
886.8x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 58.05 GTexel / s
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5080 MHz
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3139 vs 2280
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3139 vs 2280

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 907 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 58.05 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 5080 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3139 vs 2280
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3139 vs 2280

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 560

2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 512
1126.1x better floating-point performance: 1,858 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 724 vs 421
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3475 vs 2332
Around 70% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15532 vs 9151
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4695 vs 3428
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4695 vs 3428

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1024 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,858 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	724 vs 421
PassMark - G3D Mark	3475 vs 2332
Geekbench - OpenCL	15532 vs 9151
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4695 vs 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4695 vs 3428

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro 560

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

421

724

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2332

3475

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9151

15532

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3428

4695

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3428

4695

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3139

2280

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3139

2280

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550X	AMD Radeon Pro 560
PassMark - G2D Mark	421	724
PassMark - G3D Mark	2332	3475
Geekbench - OpenCL	9151	15532
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3428	4695
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3428	4695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3139	2280
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3139	2280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		41.388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		614.695
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		31.274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		189.085

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550X	AMD Radeon Pro 560
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Lexa	Polaris 21
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	627	628
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	907 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs	1,858 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	512	1024
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s	58.05 GTexel / s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	3,000 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	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	81.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	5080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
HDMI 2.0