Radeon RX Vega 11 Efficient vs RX 550

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking519not rated
Place by popularity13not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation3.27no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameLexaRaven
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)23 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data
Current price$121 (1.5x MSRP)$493

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores512704
Core clock speed1100 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1183 MHz1250 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate37.8655.00
Floating-point performance1,211 gflopsno data

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 x8IGP
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed7000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & Cons Summary


Recency 20 April 2017 23 April 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB System Shared
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 35 Watt

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