Radeon RX 550 vs RX 560 Mobile

Place in performance ranking	388	522
Place by popularity	not in top-100	13
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.95	3.11
Architecture	Polaris (2016−2019)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Polaris 11	Lexa
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	5 January 2017 (7 years ago)	20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$99.99	$79
Current price	$468 (4.7x MSRP)	$121 (1.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 560 Mobile has 91% better value for money than RX 550.

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 cores	1024	512
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	1183 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	58.97	37.86
Floating-point performance	2,462 gflops	1,211 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 560 Mobile and Radeon RX 550 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 size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	no data	145 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	112.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	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	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	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	44 +63%	27−30 −63%
4K	36 +71.4%	21−24 −71.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18
+70%

10−11

−70%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +64.3%	14−16 −64.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Battlefield 5	35−40 +71.4%	21−24 −71.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +71.4%	14−16 −71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Far Cry 5	33 +83.3%	18−20 −83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +72.2%	18−20 −72.2%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +62.5%	24−27 −62.5%
Hitman 3	24−27 +62.5%	16−18 −62.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +76.2%	21−24 −76.2%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +83.3%	18−20 −83.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +77.8%	18−20 −77.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +72.2%	18−20 −72.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 +66.7%	12−14 −66.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +64.3%	14−16 −64.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Battlefield 5	35−40 +71.4%	21−24 −71.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +71.4%	14−16 −71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +77.8%	18−20 −77.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +72.2%	18−20 −72.2%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +62.5%	24−27 −62.5%
Hitman 3	24−27 +62.5%	16−18 −62.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +76.2%	21−24 −76.2%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +83.3%	18−20 −83.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +77.8%	18−20 −77.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +72.2%	18−20 −72.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35 +66.7%	21−24 −66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 +66.7%	12−14 −66.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 +64.3%	14−16 −64.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +71.4%	14−16 −71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Far Cry 5	21 +75%	12−14 −75%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +62.5%	24−27 −62.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +76.2%	21−24 −76.2%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +83.3%	18−20 −83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20 +66.7%	12−14 −66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 +66.7%	12−14 −66.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35
+77.8%

18−20

−77.8%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +83.3%	12−14 −83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +90%	10−11 −90%
Hitman 3	16−18 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +80%	10−11 −80%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +75%	12−14 −75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +64.3%	14−16 −64.3%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +80%	10−11 −80%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	24−27 +62.5%	16−18 −62.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Hitman 3	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Battlefield 5	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Metro Exodus	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%