AMD Radeon RX 550 8CU vs AMD Radeon 520
            AMD Radeon RX 550 8CU
            
                $79
            
        
    
            AMD Radeon 520
            
                
            
        
    | 512 Shaders 2GB GDDR5 1183MHz | 320 Shaders 1GB GDDR5 1030MHz | 
| Peak AI Performance 1.21 TFLOPS FP16 | Peak AI Performance 660 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| FP32 1.21 TFLOPS | FP32 660 GFLOPS | 
| FP16 1.21 TFLOPS | - - | 
| Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | Form Factor PCIe Card 1.0-Slots | 
| TDP 50W | TDP Unknown | 
| - - - - - | - - - - - | 
| GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | |
| GB6 Metal N/A 0% | GB6 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Metal N/A 0% | GB5 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | 
| OCT Metal N/A 0% | OCT Metal N/A 0% | 
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| Pixel
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                                            18.928 GPixel/s
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                                            4.12 GPixel/s
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| Texture
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                                            37.856 GTexel/s
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                                            20.6 GTexel/s
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| ManufacturerAMD | ManufacturerAMD | 
| Chip DesignerAMD | Chip DesignerAMD | 
| ArchitectureGCN 4 | ArchitectureGCN 1 | 
| FamilyRadeon RX 500 | FamilyRadeon RX 500 | 
| Codename Lexa Polaris 12 Variant Polaris 12 XL | Codename Hainan - Variant Banks Pro | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 4/20/2017 | Release Date 4/18/2017 | 
| Foundry GlobalFoundries - | Foundry TSMC - | 
| Fabrication Node 14LPP - | Fabrication Node 28nm - | 
| Die Size 103 mm² - | Die Size 56 mm² - | 
| Transistor Count 2.2 Billion - | Transistor Count 690 Million - | 
| Transistor Density 21.36M/mm² - | Transistor Density 12.32M/mm² - | 
| Form PCIe Card | Form PCIe Card | 
| Shading Units 512 Shaders - | Shading Units 320 Shaders - | 
| Texture Mapping Units 32 TMUs | Texture Mapping Units 20 TMUs | 
| Render Output Units 16 ROPs | Render Output Units 4 ROPs | 
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| - - | - - | 
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| Compute Units 8 CUs | Compute Units 5 CUs | 
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| - - | - - | 
| - - 1100MHz Base 1183MHz | - - - 1030MHz | 
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| L1 - - 16KB/CU - | L1 - - 16KB/CU - | 
| L2 512KB Shared | L2 128KB Shared | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| 2GB GDDR5 - | 1GB GDDR5 - | 
| Bus Width 128Bit | Bus Width 64Bit | 
| Clock 1750MHz Transfer Rate 7GT/s Bandwidth 112GB/s | Clock 1125MHz Transfer Rate 4.5GT/s Bandwidth 36GB/s | 
| - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - | 
| TDP 50W | TDP Unknown | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - 1x DVI-D Dual-Link - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x DisplayPort 1.4 - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 2.0 - - - | - - - - - - - - 1x DVI-I Dual-Link - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x DisplayPort 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| Max Resolution 5120x2880 | Max Resolution 4096x2160 | 
| Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | 
| Variable Refresh Rate - FreeSync - | Variable Refresh Rate - - - | 
| Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | 
| Multi Monitor Support 3 | Multi Monitor Support 3 | 
| Content Protection HDCP 2.2 | Content Protection HDCP 1.4 | 
| Model VCE 3.4 | No Encoders - | 
| Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| Model UVD 6.3 | No Decoders | 
| Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 JPEG VC-1 - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| Direct X 12 Direct 3D 12_0 | Direct X 12 Direct 3D 11_1 | 
| OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 2.1 Vulkan 1.3 | OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 2.1 Vulkan 1.2 | 
| Shader Model 6.7 - - GFX 8 - - - - | Shader Model 6.5 - - GFX 6 - - - - | 
| - - - 1x Fan | - - - 1x Fan | 
| - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 
| Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 3.0 PCIe Lanes 8 | Slots Required 1.0 PCIe Version 3.0 PCIe Lanes 8 | 
| Multi GPU Support Supported Type CrossFire XDMA | - - - - | 
| Height 110 mm (4.33 in) Width 145 mm (5.71 in) Depth 37 mm (1.46 in) | - - - - - - | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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