MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 4G OC
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PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 4G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) (GCN 4) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 (GCN 5) and has 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 4G OC has the Lexa PRO graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the graphics chip Vega 10 XL, which comes from the GCN 5 architecture.

The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 4G OC clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 is 1.6 Gbps and the clock speed is 0.800 GHz.

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 4G OC is powered by connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 50 W.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 210 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 4G OC is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 4G OC.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 4G OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 is 7680x4320 pixels.

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 4G OC is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 4G OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q2/2017.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 came on the market in Q3/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.