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AMD Radeon Pro 555

AMD Radeon Pro 555

The AMD Radeon Pro 555 is a mobile graphics card based on the small Polaris 21 chip from AMD. It is available in the 15-inch Apple MacBook Pro (Mid 2017 model with Kaby Lake) and is the performance is similar to the Radeon Pro 455 in the mid-tier MBP15 from 2016. The Polaris 21 chip is produced in a 14nm FinFET process and is the smaller Polaris chip. With a core clock of 855 MHz and 768 shaders, the Radeon Pro 555 offers the same specs as the previous Radeon Pro 455.

The Radeon Pro 555 is shipped with just 2 GB GDDR5 video memory, which could be insufficient for games. Both the performance and the power consumption are roughly on par with the Nvidia GeForce MX150 (laptop version of the GT 1030), which is also equipped with 2 GB GDDR5-VRAM.

More information about the Polaris architecture is available in our dedicated article. More benchmarks including gaming tests are listed on the dedicated page for the similarly powerful Radeon Pro 455.

Radeon RX 500M Series

Radeon Pro 560 compare 1024 @ 0.91 GHz128 Bit @ 5080 MHz
Radeon Pro 555X compare 768 @ 0.86 GHz128 Bit @ 5080 MHz
Radeon Pro 555 768 @ 0.86 GHz128 Bit @ 5080 MHz
CodenamePolaris 21
ArchitecturePolaris
Pipelines768 - unified
Core Speed855 MHz
Memory Speed5080 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL Vulkan
Power Consumption<35 Watt
Transistor Count3 Billion
technology14 nm
FeaturesDisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement05.06.2017

Benchmarks

3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +
specvp12 snx-02 +
specvp12 showcase-01 +
specvp12 mediacal-01 +
specvp12 maya-04 +
specvp12 energy-01 +
specvp12 creo-01 +
specvp12 catia-04 +
specvp12 3dsmax-05 +
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1280x720
81  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
32.1  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
28.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
24.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
37  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
20  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
16  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
58  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
31  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
26  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
18  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
60  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
21  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
F1 2018

F1 2018

2018
low 1280x720
80  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
41.9  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
32  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
19.9  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
12  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
60  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
31.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
28.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
26  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
6.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

2018
low 1280x720
57  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
26  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
24  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
22  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
47  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
33.9  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
30  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
14.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
63  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
25.7  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
20.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
35.5