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AMD Radeon 550X

Graphics Processor
Lexa
Cores
512
TMUs
32
ROPs
16
Memory Size
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The Radeon 550X was a graphics card by AMD, launched on March 27th, 2019. Built on the 14 nm process, and based on the Lexa graphics processor, in its Lexa PRO variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon 550X. The Lexa graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 103 mm² and 2,200 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked Radeon 550X 640SP, which uses the same GPU but has all 640 shaders enabled, AMD has disabled some shading units on the Radeon 550X to reach the product's target shader count. It features 512 shading units, 32 texture mapping units, and 16 ROPs. AMD has paired 2,048 MB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon 550X, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1082 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1218 MHz, memory is running at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon 550X does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 50 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a. Radeon 550X is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x8 interface. The card measures 145 mm in length, and features a dual-slot cooling solution.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Lexa
GPU Variant
Lexa PRO
(215-0904018)
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
Process Size
14 nm
Transistors
2,200 million
Density
21.4M / mm²
Die Size
103 mm²
Chip Package
FCBGA-769

Graphics Card

Release Date
Mar 27th, 2019
Generation
Polaris
(RX 500X)
Predecessor
Polaris
Successor
Vega
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
6%
GeForce 9400 GT
8%
Radeon HD 4550
10%
Radeon HD 5450
13%
Radeon HD 6450
15%
GeForce GT 520
16%
GeForce GT 220
19%
GeForce GT 430
25%
Radeon HD 5570
26%
Radeon HD 4670
28%
GeForce GT 440
29%
GeForce GT 240
30%
GeForce 9600 GT
34%
Radeon HD 5670
37%
GeForce GT 640
39%
GeForce 9800 GT
41%
Radeon HD 6670
42%
Radeon HD 4830
44%
Radeon HD 4770
46%
Radeon HD 4850
49%
GeForce GTS 250
50%
GeForce GTS 450
52%
Radeon HD 5750
53%
Radeon HD 7750
61%
Radeon HD 5770
61%
GeForce GTX 260
63%
Radeon HD 4870
63%
Radeon Vega 8
63%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
64%
GeForce GTX 650
65%
Radeon HD 5830
68%
Radeon HD 6790
72%
Radeon HD 4890
73%
GeForce GTX 460
76%
Radeon RX Vega 11
76%
GeForce GT 1030
77%
GeForce GTX 275
78%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
78%
GeForce GTX 280
78%
GeForce GTX 465
80%
Radeon HD 6850
84%
GeForce GTX 285
85%
Radeon HD 5850
91%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
93%
Radeon HD 7790
93%
Radeon RX 550
97%
GeForce GTX 470
97%
Radeon 550X
100%
Radeon HD 6870
101%
Radeon HD 5870
108%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
111%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
112%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
114%
Radeon HD 6950
114%
GeForce GTX 295
118%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
120%
Radeon HD 7850
120%
GeForce GTX 480
123%
Radeon HD 6970
128%
Radeon R7 265
131%
Radeon RX 460
133%
Radeon R7 370
133%
GeForce GTX 660
133%
GeForce GTX 570
134%
Radeon RX 560
136%
GeForce GTX 950
144%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
146%
Radeon R9 270X
149%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
151%
GeForce GTX 580
152%
GeForce GTX 1050
153%
Radeon HD 7950
153%
GeForce GTX 1630
156%
Radeon HD 5970
156%
GeForce GTX 760
161%
GeForce GTX 670
173%
GeForce GTX 960
177%
Radeon R9 380
182%
Radeon R9 285
183%
Radeon HD 7970
185%
GeForce GTX 680
187%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
191%
GeForce GTX 770
196%
Radeon HD 6990
201%
Radeon R9 280X
205%
GeForce GTX 590
208%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
209%
GeForce GTX 780
231%
Arc A380
231%
Radeon RX 6400
234%
GeForce GTX 1650
239%
Radeon RX 470
254%
Radeon R9 290
258%
Radeon RX 570
272%
Radeon R9 390
275%
Radeon R9 290X
276%
GeForce GTX 970
280%
GeForce GTX TITAN
284%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
288%
Radeon R9 390X
292%
Radeon HD 7990
293%
Radeon RX 480
294%
GeForce GTX 690
297%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
305%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
309%
Radeon RX 580
313%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
315%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
318%
GeForce GTX 980
319%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
322%
Radeon R9 FURY
323%
Radeon RX 590
338%
Radeon R9 295X2
356%
GeForce GTX 1660
358%
Radeon R9 FURY X
362%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
368%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
378%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
389%
GeForce GTX 1070
411%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
411%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
417%
Radeon RX Vega 56
437%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
464%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
471%
Radeon RX Vega 64
477%
GeForce GTX 1080
484%
GeForce RTX 2060
484%
Radeon RX 5700
503%
Arc A580
505%
Radeon RX 6600
526%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
543%
GeForce RTX 2070
550%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
551%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
561%
Arc A750
580%
Radeon VII
583%
TITAN X Pascal
598%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
604%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
616%
Arc A770
622%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
623%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
655%
Radeon RX 7600
662%
GeForce RTX 4060
665%
GeForce RTX 2080
670%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
683%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
702%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
719%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
745%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
790%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
799%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
805%
GeForce RTX 3070
842%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
901%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
911%
Radeon RX 6800
929%
GeForce RTX 4070
1029%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
1055%
GeForce RTX 3080
1095%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
1106%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
1136%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
1193%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
1216%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
1226%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
1228%
GeForce RTX 3090
1249%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
1281%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
1399%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
1437%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
1449%
GeForce RTX 4080
1627%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
1652%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
1667%
GeForce RTX 4090
2044%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
1082 MHz
Boost Clock
1218 MHz
Memory Clock
1750 MHz
7 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
112.0 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
512
TMUs
32
ROPs
16
Compute Units
8
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
512 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
19.49 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
38.98 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
1,247 GFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float)
1,247 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
77.95 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
145 mm
5.7 inches
TDP
50 W
Suggested PSU
250 W
Outputs
1x DVI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
None
Board Number
D090

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7

Lexa GPU Notes

Generation: Arctic Islands
Codename: Polaris 12
Old Codename: Treasure
Graphics/Compute: GFX8 (gfx804)
Display Core Engine: 11.2
Unified Video Decoder: 6.3
Video Compression Engine: 3.4
System DMA: 3.0.0
CLRX: GCN 1.2.0

Latest Drivers:
Windows 7:
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1
64-bit: Radeon™ Pro Software for Enterprise 21.Q1.1

Windows 8.1:
64-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.4 / 17.7.1

Windows 10 / 11:
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.3.1 (23.19.12)
64-bit: AMD Software: PRO Edition 22.Q4
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