AMD Radeon RX 9060 vs AMD Radeon RX 550

AMD Radeon RX 9060 $249
AMD Radeon RX 550 $79
1792 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
2990MHz
640 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1071MHz
Peak AI Performance
685.83 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
1.37 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
21.43 TFLOPS
FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
FP16
42.86 TFLOPS
FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
132W
TDP
60W
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL 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%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 4
Architecture
GCN 4
Family
Radeon RX 9000
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
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Navi 44
Variant
Navi 44 XL
Codename
Baffin
Polaris 11
Variant
Polaris 11 XL
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
8/5/2025
Release Date
4/20/2017
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
N4P
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
153 mm²
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Die Size
123 mm²
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Transistor Count
29.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
3 Billion
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Transistor Density
194.12M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.39M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1792 Shaders
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Shading Units
640 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Tensor Cores
56 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
28 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
28 CUs
Compute Units
10 CUs
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2400MHz Base
2990MHz
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1019MHz Base
1071MHz
Peak AI Performance
685.83 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
1.37 TFLOPS
FP16
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FP8
85.73 TFLOPS
85.73 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
171.46 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
85.73 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
171.46 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
42.86 TFLOPS
42.86 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
85.73 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
42.86 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
85.73 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
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FP32
21.43 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
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FP64
670 GFLOPS
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FP64
90 GFLOPS
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BF16
42.86 TFLOPS
42.86 TFLOPS Tensor
85.73 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
342.92 TOPS Tensor
685.83 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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171.46 TOPS Tensor
342.92 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
10.72 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
191.36 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
17.136 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
334.88 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
42.84 GTexel/s
L0
64KB/WGP
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L1
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256KB/Array
L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
4MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
L3
32MB Shared
1.13TB/s
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8GB
GDDR6
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
288GB/s
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
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TDP
132W
TDP
60W
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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1x HDMI 2.1
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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
15360x8640
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
165Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
VCN 4.0
Model
VCE 3.4
Codec
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 4.0
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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AV1
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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_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.8
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GFX
12
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Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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3x 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
5.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
204 mm (8.03 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
145 mm (5.71 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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