Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX Vega 56 outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 550 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX Vega 56 is 116 days newer than the cheaper Radeon RX 550.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
- Performs up to 95% better in Stray than Radeon RX 550 - 84 vs 43 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 8 vs 2 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550
- Up to 79% cheaper than Radeon RX Vega 56 - CA$139.99 vs CA$663.4
- Consumes up to 76% less energy than AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 - 50 vs 210 Watts
Stray
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Buy for CA$663.4 on Amazon
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Aug 14th, 2017
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Aug 14th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
94.14 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
329.5 GTexel/s
100%
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
18.93 GPixel/s
20.108349267049075%
Texel Fillrate
37.86 GTexel/s
11.490136570561457%
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 550 |
---|---|---|
Aug 14th, 2017 | Release Date | Apr 20th, 2017 |
Vega | Generation | Polaris |
$399 | MSRP | $79 |
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
2x 8-pin | Power Connectors | None |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 2 GB |
HBM2 | Type | GDDR5 |
2048-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
409.6 GB/s | Bandwidth | 112 GB/s |
1156 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1100 MHz |
1471 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1183 MHz |
800 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |