Xbox Series S GPU vs Radeon RX 550

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking550not rated
Place by popularity21not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.92no data
Power efficiency9.71no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameLexaLockhart
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 $299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores5121280
Core clock speed1100 MHz1565 MHz
Boost clock speed1183 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,200 million8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate37.86125.2
Floating-point processing power1.211 TFLOPS4.006 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3280

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 mm274 mm
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s224.0 GB/s

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 DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 10 November 2020
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 100 Watt

RX 550 has 100% lower power consumption.

Xbox Series S GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 550 and Xbox Series S GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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