AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1100 MHz
2.2x more boost clock speed: 2544 MHz vs 1183 MHz
10674x more texture fill rate: 549.5 GTexel/s vs 51.48 GTexel / s
5.4x more pipelines: 3456 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 14 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB

Launch date	25 Aug 2023 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz vs 1183 MHz
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s vs 51.48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3456 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

4.9x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 245 Watt
3.1x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 245 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	1150
PassMark - G3D Mark	22445
Geekbench - OpenCL	127132
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3316

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Navi 32	Lexa
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	53	not rated
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$79.99
Price now		$75
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		56.41
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz	1183 MHz
Compute units	54
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	3456	640
Pixel fill rate	244.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s	51.48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	28100 million	2,200 million
Floating-point performance		1.2 TFLOPs
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	50 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
Width	135 mm, 5.3 inches
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	2.2	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	112 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
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)