R7 A265 vs RX 550

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking514781
Place by popularity17not in top-100
Value for money3.450.06
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameLexaOpal
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 April 2017 (6 years old)9 January 2014 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data
Current price$121 (1.5x MSRP)$324
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 550 has 5650% better value for money than R7 A265.

Technical specs

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 cores512384
Core clock speed1100 MHz725 MHz
Boost clock speed1183 MHz825 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate37.8619.80
Floating-point performance1,211 gflops633.6 gflops

Size and 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
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed7000 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s28.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

RX 550
7.02
+174%

RX 550 outperforms R7 A265 by 174% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RX 550 2722
+174%
R7 A265 993

RX 550 outperforms R7 A265 by 174% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 7.02 2.56
Recency 20 April 2017 9 January 2014
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Pipelines / CUDA cores 512 384
Memory bandwidth 112 28.8
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

The Radeon RX 550 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 A265 in performance tests.


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