Radeon RX Vega 11 vs RX 550

Place in performance ranking	521	572
Place by popularity	13	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.21	0.76
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code name	Lexa	Vega Raven Ridge
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	20 April 2017 (7 years ago)	26 October 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data
Current price	$121 (1.5x MSRP)	$475

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 550 has 322% better value for money than RX Vega 11.

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	512	704
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	1240 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.86	61.60
Floating-point performance	1,211 gflops	1,760 gflops

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	IGP
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	112.0 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 DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

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

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
+28.1%

RX Vega 11 5.48

RX 550 outperforms RX Vega 11 by 28% based on our aggregated 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 2717
+28.2%

RX Vega 11 2120

RX 550 outperforms RX Vega 11 by 28% in Passmark.