SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP has 640 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.07 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 1.37 TFLOPS.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.34 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.60 TFLOPS.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.500 GHz clocks.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP has a turbo clock of 1.071 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 is 1.340 GHz.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP has connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 80 °C.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 is cooled by a Air cooling.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

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.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP LP was released in Q4/2017.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 4G G5 V2 published in Q4/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.