Radeon RX Vega 7 vs HD 5550
Aggregated performance score
RX Vega 7 outperforms HD 5550 by a whopping 665% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 1076 | 499 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 10 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | 10.91 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Vega (2017−2021) |
| GPU code name | Redwood | Vega Raven Ridge |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 9 February 2010 (14 years ago) | 7 January 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Current price | $129 | $387 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
RX Vega 7 has 109000% better value for money than ATI HD 5550.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 320 | 448 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1800 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 627 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 39 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 8.800 | no data |
| Floating-point performance | 352.0 gflops | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on Radeon HD 5550 and Radeon RX Vega 7 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | 165 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 3200 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | no data | + |
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 VGA | no data |
| HDMI | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12_1 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | no data |
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 | 3−4
−667%
| 23
+667%
|
| 1440p | 4−5
−700%
| 32
+700%
|
| 4K | 2−3
−800%
| 18
+800%
|
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.97 | 7.42 |
| Recency | 9 February 2010 | 7 January 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 39 Watt | 15 Watt |
The Radeon RX Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5550 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon HD 5550 is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 7 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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