Playstation 4 Pro GPU vs Radeon RX 550

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking548not rated
Place by popularity22not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.92no data
Power efficiency9.86no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameLexaNeo
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)10 November 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 $399

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 cores5122304
Core clock speed1100 MHz911 MHz
Boost clock speed1183 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,200 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate37.86131.2
Floating-point processing power1.211 TFLOPS4.198 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs32144

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 x8IGP
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
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 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1700 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s217.6 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 DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)N/A
Shader Model6.46.0
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 10 November 2016
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 150 Watt

RX 550 has an age advantage of 5 months, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

Playstation 4 Pro GPU, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 550 and Playstation 4 Pro GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550 is a desktop card while Playstation 4 Pro GPU is a notebook one.


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