Radeon RX 550 vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5600, which features core speeds of 1375 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 550		50 Watts
Radeon RX 5600		150 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (200%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5600, in theory, should perform much faster than the Radeon RX 550 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
Radeon RX 550		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 180224 (157%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 is much (more or less 400%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 550. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 550		35200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 140800 (400%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 should be quite a bit (approximately 400%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 550, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 550		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 70400 (400%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.