PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5
vs
PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Red Devil


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 and the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Red Devil, 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.

PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Red Devil is based on AMD RX Vega 64, which has 4096 shaders and 64 execution units.
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5 GPU PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Red Devil
AMD Radeon 550 Based on AMD RX Vega 64
Lexa PRO GPU Chip Vega 10 XT
GCN 4 Architecture GCN 5
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 64
512 Shader 4096
16 Render Output Units 64
32 Texture Units 256
0 Raytracing Cores 0

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 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Red Devil can access 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type HBM2
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 0.945 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 1.9 Gbps
56 GB/s Memory bandwidth 484 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 2048 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 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Red Devil is 1.417 GHz.

1.019 GHz Base Clock 1.417 GHz
1.071 GHz Boost Clock 1.607 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
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 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Red Devil has a TDP of 295 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

50 W TDP 295 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Red Devil has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 85 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
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 Red Dragon Radeon 550 2GB 64BIT GDDR5.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Red Devil supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
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 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Red Devil is 7680x4320 pixels.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_1
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 / Encode

Dimensions

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

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Red Devil is 316 mm long, 150 mm high and 55 mm wide.

152 mm Length 316 mm
111 mm Height 150 mm
38 mm Width 55 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 64 Red Devil was introduced in Q3/2017 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

AXRX 550 2GB64BD5-DH Part-no AXRX VEGA 64 8GBHBM2-2D2H/OC
Q2/2017 Release date Q3/2017
79 $ (Reference) Launch Price 499 $ (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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