AMD Radeon RX 550X vs ATI FireGL V5600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X and ATI FireGL V5600 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 8043.8x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
  • 4.3x more pipelines: 512 vs 120
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 78% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 89 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3.2x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2200 MHz
  • 6.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2253 vs 341
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 2204
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 2204
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 April 2018 vs 28 June 2007
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate 51.48 GTexel/s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 120
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 89 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 2200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2253 vs 341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 2204
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 2204

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V5600

  • 116.4x better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 422
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 192 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 445 vs 422

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V5600

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
422
445
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2253
341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
2204
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
2204
Name AMD Radeon RX 550X ATI FireGL V5600
PassMark - G2D Mark 422 445
PassMark - G3D Mark 2253 341
Geekbench - OpenCL 8679
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 2204
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 2204

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550X ATI FireGL V5600

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 TeraScale
Code name Lexa RV630
Design Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 3 April 2018 28 June 2007
Place in performance rating 628 631
Type Desktop, Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $599

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1287 MHz
Compute units 8/10
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.65 TFLOPs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 512 120
Pixel fill rate 20.60 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512/640
Texture fill rate 51.48 GTexel/s 6.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units 40
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 89 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 390 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 2200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR4

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support