Radeon RX 550 512SP vs Graphics 512SP

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 5.1 (2018−2022)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameRenoirBaffin
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 March 2020 (4 years ago)13 October 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$79

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 cores512512
Core clock speed400 MHz1019 MHz
Boost clock speed2100 MHz1071 MHz
Number of transistors9,800 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate67.2034.27
Floating-point processing power2.15 TFLOPS1.097 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs3232

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x8
Lengthno data145 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96 GB/s

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 ConnectorsMotherboard Dependent1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)6.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.0
Vulkan1.31.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 March 2020 13 October 2017
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 50 Watt

Graphics 512SP has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

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