Radeon RX 550X Mobile vs Tesla P4
Aggregate performance score
Tesla P4 outperforms Radeon RX 550X Mobile by a whopping 272% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 228 | 552 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 50.77 | 8.57 |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | Polaris (2016−2019) |
| GPU code name | GP104 | Polaris 12 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 13 September 2016 (7 years ago) | 10 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Current price | $92 | $299 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Tesla P4 has 492% better value for money than RX 550X Mobile.
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 | 2560 | 640 |
| Core clock speed | 886 MHz | 1176 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1114 MHz | 1287 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,200 million | 2,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 178.2 | 51.48 |
| Floating-point performance | 5,443 gflops | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on Tesla P4 and Radeon RX 550X Mobile 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 | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz | 7000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.3 GB/s | 96 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 | No outputs |
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_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 6.1 | no data |
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 | 100−110
+245%
| 29
−245%
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Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 22.70 | 6.10 |
| Recency | 13 September 2016 | 10 January 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 50 Watt |
The Tesla P4 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 550X Mobile in performance tests.
Be aware that Tesla P4 is a workstation card while Radeon RX 550X Mobile is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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