XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 7800 XT BLACK Edition
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 7800 XT BLACK Edition and the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 7800 XT BLACK Edition is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and has 3840 texture shaders and 60 execution units.

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP is based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa), which has 512 shaders and 8 execution units.
XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 7800 XT BLACK Edition GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)
Navi 32 XT GPU Chip Lexa PRO
RDNA 3 Architecture GCN 4
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
3840 Shader 512
96 Render Output Units 16
240 Texture Units 32
60 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 7800 XT BLACK Edition has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 624 GB/s.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.438 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
19.5 Gbps Memory Speed 6.0 Gbps
624 GB/s Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 7800 XT BLACK Edition clocks in the base with up to 1.800 GHz. The base frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP is 1.100 GHz.

1.800 GHz Base Clock 1.100 GHz
2.565 GHz Boost Clock 1.206 GHz
2.25 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 7800 XT BLACK Edition is 250 W (Reference). The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP has a TDP of 65 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

250 W (Reference) TDP 65 W
-- TDP (up) --
96 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 7800 XT BLACK Edition has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 7800 XT BLACK Edition.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v2.1 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 7800 XT BLACK Edition supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP is 5120x2880 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12
Yes 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
Decode / Encode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 7800 XT BLACK Edition is 326 mm long, 126 mm high and 58 mm wide.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP is 180 mm long, 69 mm high and 38 mm wide.

326 mm Length 180 mm
126 mm Height 69 mm
58 mm Width 38 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 7800 XT BLACK Edition was released in Q3/2023 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP was introduced in Q4/2017 at a price of 79 $.

RX-78TMERCB9 Part-no 11268-09
Q3/2023 Release date Q4/2017
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 79 $
5 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

The Last of Us Part 1

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP
4 GB GDDR5
8 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP
4 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP
4 GB GDDR5
23 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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