Radeon RX 5300 vs 550X

Place in the ranking	717	282
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.96	13.49
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	Lexa	Navi 14
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	27 March 2019 (5 years ago)	28 May 2020 (4 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	512	1408
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	1327 MHz
Boost clock speed	1218 MHz	1645 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	38.98	144.8
Floating-point processing power	1.247 TFLOPS	4.632 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	32	88

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	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	145 mm	180 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	168.0 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Radeon 550X 3.62

RX 5300 19.69
+444%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Radeon 550X 1396

RX 5300 7587
+443%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.62	19.69
Recency	27 March 2019	28 May 2020
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	100 Watt

Radeon 550X has 100% lower power consumption.

RX 5300, on the other hand, has a 443.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 550X in performance tests.

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