PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
vs
MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB and the MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and has 6144 texture shaders and 96 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC is based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa), which has 512 shaders and 8 execution units.
PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB GPU MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)
Navi 31 GPU Chip Lexa PRO
RDNA 3 Architecture GCN 4
96 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
6144 Shader 512
192 Render Output Units 16
384 Texture Units 32
96 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB has 24 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

24 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
20.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
960 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB clocks in the base with up to 1.900 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC is 1.100 GHz.

1.900 GHz Base Clock 1.100 GHz
2.500 GHz Boost Clock 1.203 GHz
2.30 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB is 355 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC has a TDP of 50 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

355 W TDP 50 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 85 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 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 PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB.

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v2.1 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC is 5120x2880 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12
Yes 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
Decode / Encode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB is 287 mm long, 123 mm high and 51 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC is 155 mm long, 112 mm high and 38 mm wide.

287 mm Length 155 mm
123 mm Height 112 mm
51 mm Width 38 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB was released in Q4/2022 at a price of 999 $ (Reference).

The MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC was introduced in Q2/2017 at a price of 79 $ (Reference).

RX 7900 XTX 24G Part-no --
Q4/2022 Release date Q2/2017
999 $ (Reference) Launch Price 79 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
24 GB GDDR6
71 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
24 GB GDDR6
103 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
24 GB GDDR6
133 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
24 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
24 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
24 GB GDDR6
142 fps (avg)

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)

MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC
2 GB GDDR5
8 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC
2 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC MSI Radeon RX 550 AERO ITX 2G OC
2 GB GDDR5
23 fps (avg)

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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