FirePro W4300 vs Radeon RX 550

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 550 with FirePro W4300, including specs and performance data.

RX 550
2017
4 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
7.08

W4300 outperforms RX 550 by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking550530
Place by popularity21not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.92no data
Power efficiency9.7110.30
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameLexaBonaire
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)1 December 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

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 cores512768
Core clock speed1100 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speed1183 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,200 million2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate37.8644.64
Floating-point processing power1.211 TFLOPS1.428 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs3248

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mm171 mm
Width2-slot1-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s96 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 550 7.08
FirePro W4300 7.51
+6.1%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX 550 2728
FirePro W4300 2894
+6.1%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

RX 550 11299
+2.6%
FirePro W4300 11008

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.08 7.51
Recency 20 April 2017 1 December 2015
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

RX 550 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

FirePro W4300, on the other hand, has a 6.1% higher aggregate performance score.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon RX 550 and FirePro W4300.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550 is a desktop card while FirePro W4300 is a workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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