SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU
vs
ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU has 896 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.23 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 2.20 TFLOPS.

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB has 640 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.07 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 1.37 TFLOPS.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 14 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 10 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU GPU ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB
AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU) Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 10 CU)
Polaris 21 XL GPU Chip Baffin LE
GCN 4 Architecture GCN 4
14 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
896 Shader 640
16 Render Output Units 16
56 Texture Units 40
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.500 GHz clocks.

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
96 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU has a turbo clock of 1.226 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB is 1.071 GHz.

1.090 GHz Base Clock 1.019 GHz
1.226 GHz Boost Clock 1.071 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 97 °C.

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB is equipped with a PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 80 °C.

90 W TDP 60 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU is 36 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB is 36 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

210 mm Length 192 mm
112 mm Height 115 mm
36 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU was released in Q3/2017.

The ASUS AREZ Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB published in Q4/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

11267-19 Part-no AREZ-PH-RX550-4G-M7
Q3/2017 Release date Q4/2017
99 $ (Reference) Launch Price 79 $ (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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