In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB and the MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB is 4,096 % faster than the MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC.
The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT and has 5376 texture shaders and 84 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC is based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa), which has 512 shaders and 8 execution units.
Memory
Memory
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
Memory Size
20 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.500 GHz
1.500 GHz
Memory Speed
20.0 Gbps
6.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
800 GB/s
96 GB/s
Memory Interface
320 bit
128 bit
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB has 20 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 800 GB/s.
The MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 96 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
Base Clock
1.500 GHz
1.100 GHz
Boost Clock
2.400 GHz
1.203 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.00 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB clocks in the base with up to 1.500 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC is 1.100 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
TDP
308 W
50 W
Tjunction max
97 °C
80 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB is 308 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.
The MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC has a TDP of 50 W and is supplied with the required energy via -- PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 90 mm
2 x 50 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB has a total of 3 Axial fans.
The MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 2.1
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DVI
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1
USB-C
1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB.
The MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
Max. resolution
7680x4320
5120x2880
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC is 5120x2880 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode / Encode
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB
MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC
Length
276 mm
170 mm
Height
113 mm
68 mm
Width
51 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB is 276 mm long, 113 mm high and 51 mm wide.
The MSI Radeon RX 550 2GT LP OC is 170 mm long, 68 mm high and 38 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.
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.
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.
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