Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Radeon 550 - video card comparison
Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Radeon 550
Architecture
Vega (2017−2021)
GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name
Vega
Lexa
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2020
April 2017
Interface
-
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Boost clock speed
2100 MHz
1183 MHz
Core clock speed
-
1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
-
2,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
512
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
50 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
37.86
Memory type
-
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
-
2 GB
Memory bus width
-
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
-
7 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
-
56 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12_1
12 (12_0)
OpenCL
-
2.1
OpenGL
-
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.7
Vulkan
-
1.3