Radeon 550X vs UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)

Place in the ranking	639	704
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	5.14
Architecture	Gen. 12 (2021−2023)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Tiger Lake Xe	Lexa
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	11 May 2021 (3 years ago)	27 March 2019 (5 years ago)

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 cores	32	512
Core clock speed	350 MHz	1082 MHz
Boost clock speed	1450 MHz	1218 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	38.98
Floating-point processing power	no data	1.247 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	16
TMUs	no data	32

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).

Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	no data	145 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	no data	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	no data	2 GB
Memory bus width	no data	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	112.0 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 Connectors	no data	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
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 HD	17 +41.7%	12−14 −41.7%
1440p	28 +33.3%	21−24 −33.3%
4K	12 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

+42.9%

7−8
−42.9%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	11 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Battlefield 5	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +38.1%	21−24 −38.1%
Hitman 3	10 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +29.2%	24−27 −29.2%
Metro Exodus	22 +37.5%	16−18 −37.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	15 +50%	10−11 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +41.7%	12−14 −41.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	47 +34.3%	35−40 −34.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Battlefield 5	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +38.1%	21−24 −38.1%
Hitman 3	9 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +29.2%	24−27 −29.2%
Metro Exodus	16 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 +41.7%	12−14 −41.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +41.7%	12−14 −41.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	43 +43.3%	30−33 −43.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +38.1%	21−24 −38.1%
Hitman 3	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +28.6%	35−40 −28.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

+33.3%

9−10
−33.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Hitman 3	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +42.9%	21−24 −42.9%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
+28.6%

7−8

−28.6%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Hitman 3	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
+66.7%

3−4

−66.7%

This is how UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) and Radeon 550X compete in popular games:

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is 42% faster in 1080p
UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is 33% faster in 1440p
UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is 33% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.72	3.71
Recency	11 May 2021	27 March 2019
Chip lithography	10 nm	14 nm

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) has a 27.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 550X in performance tests.

Be aware that UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) is a notebook card while Radeon 550X is a desktop one.

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