PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 and the MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 is based on the AMD Radeon 550 and has 512 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G is based on AMD Radeon RX 6400, which has 768 shaders and 12 execution units.
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 GPU MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G
AMD Radeon 550 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6400
Lexa PRO GPU Chip Navi 24 XL
GCN 4 Architecture RDNA 2
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 12
512 Shader 768
16 Render Output Units 32
32 Texture Units 48
0 Raytracing Cores 12

Memory

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 56 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G can access 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 128 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
56 GB/s Memory bandwidth 128 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 clocks in the base with up to 1.019 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G is 1.923 GHz.

1.019 GHz Base Clock 1.923 GHz
1.071 GHz Boost Clock 2.321 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.04 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 is 50 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G has a TDP of 53 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

50 W TDP 53 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 85 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 PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5.

The MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G supports a maximum of 2 screens.

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

Featureset

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 supports a maximum resolution of 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Dimensions

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 is 152 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G is 172 mm long, 112 mm high and 39 mm wide.

152 mm Length 172 mm
111 mm Height 112 mm
38 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 358 g
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 4

Additional data

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 was released in Q2/2017 at a price of 79 $ (Reference).

The MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G was introduced in Q2/2022 at a price of 159 $ (Reference).

AXRX 550 2GB64BD5-DH Part-no --
Q2/2017 Release date Q2/2022
79 $ (Reference) Launch Price 159 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 6 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

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)

MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G
4 GB GDDR6
8 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G
4 GB GDDR6
11 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G
4 GB GDDR6
21 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 6400 AERO TX 4G MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G
4 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G
4 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO TX 4G
4 GB GDDR6
48 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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