PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5
vs
AMD Radeon RX 6400


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 8 CU) (GCN 4) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 6400 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6400 (RDNA 2) and has 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 128 GB/s.

GPU

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 has the Baffin LE graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The AMD Radeon RX 6400 is based on the graphics chip Navi 24 XL, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 GPU AMD Radeon RX 6400
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 8 CU) Based on AMD Radeon RX 6400
Baffin LE 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 graphics memory of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 6.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the AMD Radeon RX 6400 is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

4 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
96 GB/s Memory bandwidth 128 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

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

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 PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 is powered by connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 50 W.

The AMD Radeon RX 6400 has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 53 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 6400 has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type --
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5.

The AMD Radeon RX 6400 supports the operation of a maximum of 2 monitors.

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

With the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 6400 is 7680x4320 pixels.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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 RX 550 4GB GDDR5 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The AMD Radeon RX 6400 needs the space of -- in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 4 Lanes interface.

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

Additional data

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q4/2017.

The AMD Radeon RX 6400 came on the market in Q2/2022 and will have a structure width of 6 nanometers manufactured.

AXRX 550 4GBD5-DH Part-no --
Q4/2017 Release date Q2/2022
79 $ 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)

AMD Radeon RX 6400 AMD Radeon RX 6400
4 GB GDDR6
294

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 6400 AMD Radeon RX 6400
4 GB GDDR6
80

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)

AMD Radeon RX 6400 AMD Radeon RX 6400
4 GB GDDR6
8 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6400 AMD Radeon RX 6400
4 GB GDDR6
11 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6400 AMD Radeon RX 6400
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)

PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
7 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6400 AMD Radeon RX 6400
4 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
14 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6400 AMD Radeon RX 6400
4 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
20 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6400 AMD Radeon RX 6400
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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