Radeon RX M550X vs Radeon HD 8950M

Radeon RX M550X
Radeon HD 8950M
640 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1287MHz
768 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1075MHz
FP32
1.65 TFLOPS
FP32
1.65 TFLOPS
FP16
1.65 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
50W
TDP
45W
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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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 4
Architecture
GCN 2
Family
Radeon RX 500
Family
Radeon HD 8000
Codename
Lexa
Polaris 23
Variant
Polaris 23 XTM
Codename
Bonaire
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Variant
Saturn Pro
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
4/11/2018
Release Date
6/30/2016
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
103 mm²
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Die Size
160 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.2 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.1 Billion
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Transistor Density
21.36M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.00M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
640 Shaders
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Shading Units
768 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
48 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Compute Units
10 CUs
Compute Units
12 CUs
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1100MHz Base
1287MHz
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1075MHz
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FP16
1.65 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.65 TFLOPS
FP32
1.65 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.1 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.1 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
20.592 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
17.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
51.48 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
51.6 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
512KB Shared
L2
256KB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
Clock
1375MHz
Transfer Rate
5.5GT/s
Bandwidth
88GB/s
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TDP
50W
TDP
45W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution
4096x2160
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 1.4
Model
VCE 3.4
Model
VCE 2.0
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
UVD 6.3
Model
UVD 4.2
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
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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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
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
7
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Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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