AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD Radeon RX 550

AMD Radeon RX 9070 $549
AMD Radeon RX 550 $79
3584 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2520MHz
640 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1071MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.16 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
1.37 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
36.13 TFLOPS
FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
FP16
72.25 TFLOPS
FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
220W
TDP
60W
Power Connectors
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2x 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 48
Variant
Navi 48 XL
Codename
Baffin
Polaris 11
Variant
Polaris 11 XL
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/6/2025
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
357 mm²
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Die Size
123 mm²
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Transistor Count
53.9 Billion
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Transistor Count
3 Billion
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Transistor Density
151.19M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.39M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Shading Units
640 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
448 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
56 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
56 CUs
Compute Units
10 CUs
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2210MHz Base
2520MHz
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1019MHz Base
1071MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.16 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
1.37 TFLOPS
FP16
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FP8
144.51 TFLOPS
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
289.01 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
289.01 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
72.25 TFLOPS
72.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
72.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
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FP32
36.13 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.13 TFLOPS
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FP64
90 GFLOPS
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BF16
72.25 TFLOPS
72.25 TFLOPS Tensor
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
578.03 TOPS Tensor
1.16 POPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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289.01 TOPS Tensor
578.03 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
18.06 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
322.56 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
17.136 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1128.96 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
6MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
L3
64MB Shared
2.25TB/s
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16GB
GDDR6
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2438MHz
Transfer Rate
19.5GT/s
Bandwidth
624GB/s
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
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TDP
220W
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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2x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.5
PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
50 mm (1.97 in)
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
145 mm (5.71 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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