Radeon RX 455 vs Radeon RX 550X

Radeon RX 455
Radeon RX 550X
768 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1050MHz
640 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1071MHz
FP32
1.61 TFLOPS
FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
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FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
100W
TDP
60W
Power Connectors
1x 6-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
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
GCN 2
Architecture
GCN 4
Family
Radeon R 400
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
Bonaire
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Variant
Tobago Pro
Codename
Baffin
Polaris 11
Variant
Polaris 11 XL
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
6/30/2016
Release Date
4/11/2018
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
160 mm²
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Die Size
123 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.1 Billion
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Transistor Count
3 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.00M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.39M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
768 Shaders
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Shading Units
640 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
48 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Compute Units
12 CUs
Compute Units
10 CUs
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1050MHz
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1019MHz Base
1071MHz
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FP16
1.37 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.61 TFLOPS
FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.1 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.09 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
16.8 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
17.136 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
50.4 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
42.84 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
256KB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1625MHz
Transfer Rate
6.5GT/s
Bandwidth
104GB/s
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
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TDP
100W
TDP
60W
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 1.4
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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
4096x2160
Max Resolution
5120x2880
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 1.4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
VCE 2.0
Model
VCE 3.4
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
UVD 4.2
Model
UVD 6.3
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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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_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
7
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Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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PCIe Version
3.0
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
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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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