Vega 7 vs RX 550X

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking558not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10038
Value for money2.37no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 5.1 (2018−2021)
GPU code nameLexaCezanne
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 December 2018 (5 years old)13 April 2021 (2 years old)
Current price$259 $583
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores512448
Core clock speed1100 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1183 MHz1900 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate37.8653.20
Floating-point performance1,211 gflopsno data

Size and 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

Memory

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 speed6000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth96 GB/sno data

Video outputs and ports

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 support

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
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 16 December 2018 13 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 45 Watt

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