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Boost Clock
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX Vega 56 outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 550 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon RX Vega 56 is 116 days newer than the cheaper Radeon RX 550.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550
- Up to 50% cheaper than Radeon RX Vega 56 - $89.99 vs $179.99
- Consumes up to 76% less energy than AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 - 50 vs 210 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
- Performs up to 850% better in Metro Exodus than Radeon RX 550 - 38 vs 4 FPS
- Up to 79% better value when playing Metro Exodus than Radeon RX 550 - $4.74 vs $22.5 per FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 8 vs 2 GB
Metro Exodus
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
FPS
4
10.526315789473683%
Value, $/FPS
$22.5/FPS
21.066666666666666%
Price, $
$89.99
100%
PowerColor Red Dragon AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile Graphics Card
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Radeon RX Vega 56
Desktop • Aug 14th, 2017
FPS
38
100%
Value, $/FPS
$4.74/FPS
100%
Price, $
$179.99
49%
FPS and Value Winner
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Radeon RX Vega 56
Desktop • Aug 14th, 2017
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
18.93 GPixel/s
20.108349267049075%
Texel Fillrate
37.86 GTexel/s
11.490136570561457%
Radeon RX Vega 56
Desktop • Aug 14th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
94.14 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
329.5 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon RX 550 | vs | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 20th, 2017 | Release Date | Aug 14th, 2017 |
| Polaris | Generation | Vega |
$79 | MSRP | $399 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| None | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | HBM2 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 2048-bit |
| 112 GB/s | Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s |
| 1100 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1156 MHz |
| 1183 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1471 MHz |
1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 800 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon RX 550 or Radeon RX Vega 56
Metro Exodus, 1920 x 1080, Extreme
1 FPS
$989.9/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 3600
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$759.85/FPS
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Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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$1399/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 7 3700X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$720/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 5600G
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$720
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1 FPS
$816/FPS
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Ryzen 5 5600G
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$1034/FPS
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Ryzen 3 3100
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$1019/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$979/FPS
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Core i5-12400F
32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1299/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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