The RX 560 might be the entry-level flagship of the latest GCN 4.0 set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most budget PC gamers. On the other hand, the RX 550 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 79. AMD ’s xx50 cards have always been defined by budget prices with performance that knocks on the door of entry-level graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the GCN 4.0 graphics card inside the RX 550, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, GT 1030, the RX 550 was 6.5 % faster.
NVIDIA ’s xx30 cards have always been defined by budget prices with performance that knocks on the door of entry-level graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Pascal graphics card inside the GT 1030, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
| RX 550 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Number | D090-01 | PG110 |
| Length | 5.7 inches 145 mm | 5.7 inches 145 mm |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x HDMI |
| Power Connectors | None | None |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Single-slot |
| TDP | 50 W | 30 W |
| RX 550 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1183 MHz | 1468 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1100 MHz | 1228 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz 7000 MHz effective | 1502 MHz 6008 MHz effective |
| RX 550 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Generation | Polaris (RX 500) | GeForce 1000 |
| Launch Price | 79 USD | 79 USD |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Release Date | Apr 20th, 2017 | May 17th, 2017 |
| RX 550 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 2 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6 | 6.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.82 | 1.1.82 |
| RX 550 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Pascal |
| Die Size | 103 mm² | 74 mm² |
| GPU Name | Lexa | GP108 |
| GPU Variant | Lexa PRO (215-0904018) | GP108-300-A1 |
| Process Size | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Transistors | 2,200 million | 1,800 million |
| RX 550 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 112.0 GB/s | 48.06 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory Size | 2048 MB | 2048 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| RX 550 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| Shading Units | 512 | 384 |
| TMUs | 32 | 24 |
| RX 550 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 1,211 GFLOPS (1:1) | 17.62 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 1,211 GFLOPS | 1,127 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 75.71 GFLOPS (1:16) | 35.23 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| Pixel Rate | 18.93 GPixel/s | 23.49 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 37.86 GTexel/s | 35.23 GTexel/s |
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