GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0)
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) and the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 10 CU) and has 640 texture shaders and 10 execution units.

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU is based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU), which has 1024 shaders and 16 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 10 CU) Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU)
Baffin LE GPU Chip Polaris 21 XT
GCN 4 Architecture GCN 4
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
640 Shader 1024
16 Render Output Units 16
40 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 4 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) clocks in the base with up to 1.019 GHz. The base frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU is 1.090 GHz.

1.019 GHz Base Clock 1.090 GHz
1.082 GHz Boost Clock 1.300 GHz
1.07 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) is 60 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU has a TDP of 90 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

60 W TDP 90 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0).

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) supports a maximum resolution of 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU is 5120x2880 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) is 170 mm long, 115 mm high and 29 mm wide.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU is 210 mm long, 112 mm high and 36 mm wide.

170 mm Length 210 mm
115 mm Height 112 mm
29 mm Width 36 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) was released in Q4/2017 at a price of 79 $ (Reference).

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 4G G5 16CU was introduced in Q3/2017 at a price of 99 $ (Reference).

GV-RX550D5-2GD Part-no 11267-00
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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