ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB
vs
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB has 640 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.07 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 1.37 TFLOPS.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 has 896 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.18 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.11 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 14 execution units.
ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB GPU PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 10 CU) Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU)
Baffin LE GPU Chip Polaris 21 XL
GCN 4 Architecture GCN 4
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 14
640 Shader 896
16 Render Output Units 16
40 Texture Units 56
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.500 GHz clocks.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
96 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB has a turbo clock of 1.071 GHz. The turbo frequency of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 is 1.176 GHz.

1.019 GHz Base Clock 1.090 GHz
1.071 GHz Boost Clock 1.176 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB has connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 80 °C.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 is equipped with a PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.

60 W TDP 45 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 80 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB is 39 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 is 39 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

192 mm Length 225 mm
115 mm Height 128 mm
39 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 2GB was released in Q4/2017.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 560 14CU 2GB GDDR5 published in Q3/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

AREZ-PH-RX550-2G Part-no AXRX 560 2GBD5-DHA
Q4/2017 Release date Q3/2017
79 $ (Reference) Launch Price 99 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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