Radeon 550X vs E9260 PCIe

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated710
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data5.16
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameBaffinLexa
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date27 September 2016 (8 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 cores896512
Core clock speed1090 MHz1082 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz1218 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate57.6038.98
Floating-point processing power2.15 TFLOPS1.247 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4832

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
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s112.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 September 2016 27 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 50 Watt

E9260 PCIe has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Radeon 550X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 60% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon E9260 PCIe and Radeon 550X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon E9260 PCIe is a notebook card while Radeon 550X is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon E9260 PCIe
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