Radeon RX 6850M XT vs RX 550X

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Aggregate performance score

RX 550X
2018
4 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
5.82

RX 6850M XT outperforms RX 550X by a whopping 664% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking56269
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.28no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameLexaNavi 22
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date16 December 2018 (5 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price$259 no data

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 cores5122560
Core clock speed1100 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1183 MHz2463 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt145 Watt
Texture fill rate37.86413.0
Floating-point performance1,211 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 550X and Radeon RX 6850M XT compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s384.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2

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 550X 5.82
RX 6850M XT 44.48
+664%

RX 6850M XT outperforms RX 550X by 664% based on our aggregate 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 550X 2249
RX 6850M XT 17191
+664%

RX 6850M XT outperforms RX 550X by 664% in Passmark.

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 HD16−18
−756%
137
+756%
1440p10−12
−720%
82
+720%
4K7−8
−757%
60
+757%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.82 44.48
Recency 16 December 2018 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 145 Watt

The Radeon RX 6850M XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 550X in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550X is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6850M XT is a notebook one.


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