Radeon 535 Mobile vs RX 550

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking549not rated
Place by popularity21not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.92no data
Power efficiency9.73no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameLexaPolaris 24
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)18 April 2017 (7 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 cores512384
Core clock speed1100 MHz730 MHz
Boost clock speed1183 MHz1024 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate37.8624.58
Floating-point processing power1.211 TFLOPS0.7864 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs3224

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 x8
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s36 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)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

RX 550 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 550 and Radeon 535 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550 is a desktop card while Radeon 535 Mobile is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon RX 550
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