AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP vs AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP and AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
- Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 65.8 GTexel / s vs 51.48 GTexel / s
- Around 40% higher pipelines: 896 vs 640
- 1755x better floating-point performance: 2,106 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
- Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt
| Launch date | 4 July 2017 vs 18 April 2017 |
| Texture fill rate | 65.8 GTexel / s vs 51.48 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 896 vs 640 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,106 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt vs 50 Watt |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
- Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1090 MHz
- Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 1175 MHz
| Core clock speed | 1100 MHz vs 1090 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1183 MHz vs 1175 MHz |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 560 896SP | AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Code name | Polaris 21 | Lexa |
| Launch date | 4 July 2017 | 18 April 2017 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | Radeon RX 500 Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $79.99 | |
| Price now | $75 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 56.41 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1175 MHz | 1183 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1090 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2,106 gflops | 1.2 TFLOPs |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Pipelines | 896 | 640 |
| Texture fill rate | 65.8 GTexel / s | 51.48 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,000 million | 2,200 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 170 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112.0 GB / s | 112 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 7000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Decode | ||
| 4K H264 Encode | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
| AppAcceleration | ||
| DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
| H265/HEVC Encode | ||
| HDMI 2.0 | ||
| HDMI 4K Support | ||
| LiquidVR | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
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