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Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6800 XT outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 550 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 550 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6800 XT is 1287 days newer than the cheaper Radeon RX 550.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

  • Performs up to 117% better in Far Cry 6 than Radeon RX 550 - 156 vs 72 FPS
  • Up to 700% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 16 vs 2 GB

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550

  • Up to 93% cheaper than Radeon RX 6800 XT - CA$119.99 vs CA$1604.72
  • Up to 84% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than Radeon RX 6800 XT - CA$1.67 vs CA$10.29 per FPS
  • Consumes up to 83% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - 50 vs 300 Watts
This is a free version of Far Cry 6.
Far Cry 6

Far Cry 6

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020


FPS

156

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$10.29/FPS

16%

Price, CA$

CA$1604.72

7%

FPS Winner

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP 2285 MHz RDNA 2 Architecture OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio 16G)

Buy for CA$1,604.72 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 229 minutes ago

AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo
Radeon RX 550

Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017


FPS

72

46%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$1.67/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$119.99

100%

Value Winner

maxsun AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 ITX Computer PC Gaming Video Graphics Card GPU 128-Bit DirectX 12 PCI Express X16 3.0 DVI-D Dual Link, HDMI, DisplayPort

Buy for CA$119.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 229 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo
Radeon RX 550

Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

648 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo
Radeon RX 550

Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017


Pixel Fillrate

18.93 GPixel/s

7%

Texel Fillrate

37.86 GTexel/s

6%

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Logo

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

vs
AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo

AMD Radeon RX 550

Oct 28th, 2020
Release DateApr 20th, 2017
Navi IIGenerationPolaris
$649MSRP
$79
1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-COutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
2x 8-pinPower ConnectorsNone
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
16 GB
Memory2 GB
GDDR6TypeGDDR5
256-bitBus128-bit
512 GB/s
Bandwidth112 GB/s
1825 MHz
Base Clock Speed1100 MHz
2250 MHz
Boost Clock Speed1183 MHz
2000 MHz
Memory Clock Speed1750 MHz

PC Builds Using Radeon RX 6800 XT or Radeon RX 550

Far Cry 6, 1920 x 1080, Ultra

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