Radeon RX 550 vs Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS with Radeon RX 550, including specs and performance data.

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS
40 Watt
11.51
+62.6%

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS outperforms RX 550 by an impressive 63% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking417550
Place by popularitynot in top-10021
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.92
Power efficiency19.729.70
Architectureno dataGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameno dataLexa
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release dateno data20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1536512
Core clock speedno data1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHz1183 MHz
Number of transistorsno data2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology4 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data37.86
Floating-point processing powerno data1.211 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeLPDDR5xGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speed8448 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data112.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_112 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD37
+76.2%
21−24
−76.2%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.76

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.51 7.08
Chip lithography 4 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 50 Watt

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS has a 62.6% higher aggregate performance score, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

The Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 550 in performance tests.

Be aware that Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS is a notebook card while Radeon RX 550 is a desktop one.


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Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS
SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS
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