In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC and the MSI Radeon RX 580 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon RX 580 8G is 355 % faster than the MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC.
The MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) and has 512 texture shaders and 8 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.500 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
6.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
256 bit
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The MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 96 GB/s.
The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
Base Clock
1.100 GHz
1.257 GHz
Boost Clock
1.203 GHz
1.340 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC clocks in the base with up to 1.100 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 580 8G is 1.257 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
TDP
50 W
185 W
Tjunction max
80 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
--
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC is 50 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the -- connector.
The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G has a TDP of 185 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 50 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
--
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
--
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC.
The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
Max. resolution
5120x2880
7680x4320
DirectX
12
12
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC supports a maximum resolution of 5120x2880 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 580 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
Length
170 mm
243 mm
Height
68 mm
111 mm
Width
38 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
--
650 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI Radeon RX 550 4GT LP OC is 170 mm long, 68 mm high and 38 mm wide.
The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G is 243 mm long, 111 mm high and 40 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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