Radeon RX 550X vs R5 M230

Place in the ranking	1087	586
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	8.28
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Jet	Lexa
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2014 (10 years ago)	16 December 2018 (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 cores	320	512
Compute units	5	no data
Core clock speed	825 MHz	1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	855 MHz	1183 MHz
Number of transistors	690 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.10	37.86
Floating-point processing power	0.5472 TFLOPS	1.211 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	20	32

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	no data	145 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	96 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	+	-
HD3D	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	Not Listed	2.0
Vulkan	-	1.2.131
Mantle	+	-

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.

R5 M230 1.07

RX 550X 5.94
+455%

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.

R5 M230 414

RX 550X 2291
+453%

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

−450%

55−60
+450%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
−433%

16−18

+433%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −438%	70−75 +438%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −431%	170−180 +431%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −438%	70−75 +438%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −431%	170−180 +431%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −438%	70−75 +438%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −431%	170−180 +431%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−400%

5−6
+400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Hitman 3	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%