AMD Radeon RX 550X vs AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile 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.

AMD Radeon RX 550X

AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 1287 MHz vs 1011 MHz
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 343
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2253 vs 1312
Around 22% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8679 vs 7126

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 1 February 2018
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz vs 1011 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 343
PassMark - G3D Mark	2253 vs 1312
Geekbench - OpenCL	8679 vs 7126

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

422

343

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2253

1312

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8679

7126

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550X	AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	422	343
PassMark - G3D Mark	2253	1312
Geekbench - OpenCL	8679	7126
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		744

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550X	AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Lexa	Raven
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	1 February 2018
Place in performance rating	628	798
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz	1011 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	512
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	4,940 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_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz
Memory type	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