AMD Radeon RX 550X vs AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 550X

AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 931 MHz
Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 1287 MHz vs 1011 MHz
636.5x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 80.88 GTexel / s
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
5x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3139 vs 2070
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3139 vs 2070
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 1514
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 1514

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 1 February 2018
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 931 MHz
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz vs 1011 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 80.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 65 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3139 vs 2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3139 vs 2070
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 1514

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

2.5x more pipelines: 1280 vs 512
1568.5x better floating-point performance: 2,588 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 484 vs 416
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3791 vs 2292
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19228 vs 9428
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6318 vs 3428
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6318 vs 3428

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1280 vs 512
Floating-point performance	2,588 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	484 vs 416
PassMark - G3D Mark	3791 vs 2292
Geekbench - OpenCL	19228 vs 9428
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6318 vs 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6318 vs 3428

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

416

484

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2292

3791

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9428

19228

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3428

6318

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3428

6318

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3139

2070

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3139

2070

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

1514

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

1514

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550X	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL
PassMark - G2D Mark	416	484
PassMark - G3D Mark	2292	3791
Geekbench - OpenCL	9428	19228
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3428	6318
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3428	6318
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3139	2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3139	2070
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	1514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		58.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1235.247
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.195
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		75.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		252.311
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2091

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550X	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Lexa	Polaris 22
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	1 February 2018
Place in performance rating	633	634
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz	1011 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	931 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs	2,588 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	512	1280
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s	80.88 GTexel / s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 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	IGP
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
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	204.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	1024 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	HBM2
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