AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 vs AMD Radeon RX 550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 and AMD Radeon RX 550 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 11

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1240 MHz vs 1183 MHz
  • Around 45% higher texture fill rate: 55 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
  • Around 38% higher pipelines: 704 vs 512
  • 1466.7x better floating-point performance: 1,760 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 518 vs 476
  • Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14583 vs 11610
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.991 vs 33.507
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.196 vs 3.064
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 54.784 vs 52.533
  • Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 262.35 vs 140.911
  • Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1857 vs 940
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3107 vs 2158
  • Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1857 vs 940
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3107 vs 2158
  • 9.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1201 vs 127
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 18 April 2017
Boost clock speed 1240 MHz vs 1183 MHz
Texture fill rate 55 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines 704 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,760 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 518 vs 476
Geekbench - OpenCL 14583 vs 11610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 40.991 vs 33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.196 vs 3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 54.784 vs 52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 262.35 vs 140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1857 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3107 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1857 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3107 vs 2158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1201 vs 127

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

  • 3.7x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2690 vs 2106
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1037.305 vs 364.578
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4485 vs 3455
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4485 vs 3455
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2690 vs 2106
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 vs 364.578
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 vs 3455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 vs 3455

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 550

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2106
2690
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
518
476
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14583
11610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
40.991
33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
364.578
1037.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.196
3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.784
52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
262.35
140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3455
4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1857
940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3107
2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3455
4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1857
940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3107
2158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1201
127
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 AMD Radeon RX 550
PassMark - G3D Mark 2106 2690
PassMark - G2D Mark 518 476
Geekbench - OpenCL 14583 11610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 40.991 33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 364.578 1037.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.196 3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 54.784 52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 262.35 140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3455 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1857 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3107 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3455 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1857 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3107 2158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1201 127

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 AMD Radeon RX 550

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Raven Lexa
Launch date 13 February 2018 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 795 876
Type Desktop Desktop
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Price now $75
Value for money (0-100) 59.51

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1240 MHz 1183 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,760 gflops 1.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 704 512
Texture fill rate 55 GTexel / s 37.86 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 2,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 145 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Shared memory 0
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 Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)