UHD Graphics 32EUs (Alder Lake) vs Radeon RX 550

Place in the ranking	555	728
Place by popularity	22	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.92	no data
Power efficiency	9.75	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	no data
GPU code name	Lexa	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	20 April 2017 (7 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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	512	32
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1250 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	37.86	no data
Floating-point processing power	1.211 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	32	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	2-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	4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	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 data
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12_1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

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

27−30
+92.9%

−92.9%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

2.93

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FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	6 +0%	6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14 +0%	14 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Metro Exodus	11 +0%	11 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Valorant	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Dota 2	7 +0%	7 +0%
Far Cry 5	16 +0%	16 +0%
Fortnite	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	13 +0%	13 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	7 +0%	7 +0%
Metro Exodus	5 +0%	5 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Valorant	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
World of Tanks	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	15 +0%	15 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Valorant	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
World of Tanks	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Valorant	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Fortnite	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Valorant	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%