Radeon Pro 5300M vs RX 550X Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 550X Mobile with Radeon Pro 5300M, including specs and performance data.

RX 550X Mobile
2018
2 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
6.07

Pro 5300M outperforms RX 550X Mobile by a whopping 154% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking578341
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.4112.58
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code namePolaris 23Navi 14
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date11 April 2018 (6 years ago)13 November 2019 (4 years ago)

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 cores6401280
Core clock speed1100 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1287 MHz1250 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt85 Watt
Texture fill rate51.48100.0
Floating-point processing power1.647 TFLOPS3.2 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs4080

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).

Laptop sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s192.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

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 HD26
−150%
65−70
+150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−140%
24−27
+140%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−119%
35−40
+119%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−257%
24−27
+257%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−194%
50−55
+194%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−138%
30−35
+138%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−140%
24−27
+140%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−177%
35−40
+177%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−147%
40−45
+147%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−150%
100−105
+150%
Hitman 3 12−14
−142%
27−30
+142%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−111%
75−80
+111%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−231%
50−55
+231%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−147%
40−45
+147%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 26
−92.3%
50−55
+92.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−58%
75−80
+58%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−119%
35−40
+119%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−257%
24−27
+257%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−194%
50−55
+194%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−138%
30−35
+138%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−140%
24−27
+140%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−177%
35−40
+177%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−147%
40−45
+147%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−150%
100−105
+150%
Hitman 3 12−14
−142%
27−30
+142%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−111%
75−80
+111%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−231%
50−55
+231%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−147%
40−45
+147%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−138%
50−55
+138%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−85%
35−40
+85%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−58%
75−80
+58%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−119%
35−40
+119%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−257%
24−27
+257%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−138%
30−35
+138%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−140%
24−27
+140%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−177%
35−40
+177%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−150%
100−105
+150%
Hitman 3 12−14
−142%
27−30
+142%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−111%
75−80
+111%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−138%
50−55
+138%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
−185%
35−40
+185%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−58%
75−80
+58%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−147%
40−45
+147%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
−150%
30−33
+150%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−167%
24−27
+167%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−150%
14−16
+150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−1200%
12−14
+1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−183%
16−18
+183%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−350%
80−85
+350%
Hitman 3 10−11
−80%
18−20
+80%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−138%
30−35
+138%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−1300%
27−30
+1300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−144%
95−100
+144%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−127%
24−27
+127%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−200%
14−16
+200%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−175%
10−12
+175%
Hitman 3 2−3
−450%
10−12
+450%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−420%
75−80
+420%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−400%
14−16
+400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−650%
14−16
+650%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 3−4
Far Cry 5 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−133%
14−16
+133%

This is how RX 550X Mobile and Pro 5300M compete in popular games:

  • Pro 5300M is 150% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro 5300M is 1300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, Pro 5300M surpassed RX 550X Mobile in all 70 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.07 15.44
Recency 11 April 2018 13 November 2019
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 85 Watt

RX 550X Mobile has 70% lower power consumption.

Pro 5300M, on the other hand, has a 154.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro 5300M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 550X Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550X Mobile is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro 5300M is a mobile workstation one.


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