AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 550 8CU

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT $279
AMD Radeon RX 550 8CU $79
2304 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1750MHz
512 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1183MHz
FP32
8.06 TFLOPS
FP32
1.21 TFLOPS
FP16
16.13 TFLOPS
FP16
1.21 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
160W
TDP
50W
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 60,715
20%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 53,315
30%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 47,635
23%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal 145
25%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 1
Architecture
GCN 4
Family
Radeon RX 5000
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
Gaming
Navi 10
Variant
Navi 10 XLE
Codename
Lexa
Polaris 12
Variant
Polaris 12 XL
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/21/2020
Release Date
4/20/2017
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
251 mm²
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Die Size
103 mm²
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Transistor Count
10.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
41.04M/mm²
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Transistor Density
21.36M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2304 Shaders
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Shading Units
512 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
144 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Compute Units
36 CUs
Compute Units
8 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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1375MHz Base
1750MHz
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1100MHz Base
1183MHz
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FP16
16.13 TFLOPS
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FP16
1.21 TFLOPS
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FP32
8.06 TFLOPS
FP32
1.21 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.5 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
112 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
18.928 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
252 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
37.856 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
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L1
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128KB/Array
L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
3MB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
112GB/s
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TDP
160W
TDP
50W
Temp
110°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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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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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
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)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
VCN 2.0
Model
VCE 3.4
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
VCN 2.0
Model
UVD 6.3
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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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_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.1
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Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
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Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
145 mm (5.71 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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