AMD Radeon RX 550X vs AMD Radeon RX Vega Frontier Liquid

AMD Radeon RX 550X
AMD Radeon RX Vega Frontier Liquid $1,489
640 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1071MHz
4096 Shaders
16GB HBM2
1600MHz
FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
FP32
13.11 TFLOPS
FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
FP16
26.21 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
60W
TDP
345W
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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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%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
GCN 4
Architecture
GCN 5
Family
Radeon RX 500
Family
Radeon RX Vega
Codename
Baffin
Polaris 11
Variant
Polaris 11 XL
Codename
Greenland
Vega 10
Variant
Vega 10 XTX
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
4/11/2018
Release Date
7/13/2017
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
123 mm²
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Die Size
486 mm²
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Transistor Count
3 Billion
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Transistor Count
12.5 Billion
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Transistor Density
24.39M/mm²
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Transistor Density
25.72M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
640 Shaders
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Shading Units
4096 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
256 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
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Compute Units
10 CUs
Compute Units
64 CUs
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1019MHz Base
1071MHz
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1382MHz Base
1600MHz
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FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
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FP16
26.21 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
FP32
13.11 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.09 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.82 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
17.136 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
102.4 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
42.84 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
409.6 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
1MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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16GB
HBM2
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
2048Bit
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
Clock
945MHz
Transfer Rate
1.9GT/s
Bandwidth
483.8GB/s
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TDP
60W
TDP
345W
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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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 2.2
Model
VCE 3.4
Model
VCE 4.0
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
UVD 6.3
Model
UVD 7.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
9
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
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)
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
272 mm (10.71 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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