The AMD Radeon RX 550 is mobile mid-range graphics card for laptops based on the Polaris 12 chip . It is manufactured in an improved 14 nm FinFET process at Globalfoundries or Samsung. The Polaris 12 chip (codename Lexa) is a smaller chip than the Polaris 11 and 21 and uses the improved 14nm process that allows higher clock rates than the first generation (Radeon RX 400 series). It features 640 shaders (10 CUs) and (at least in the Pavilion 15t) all cores are activated in the mobile version (where 512 are activated in the desktop RX 550).
According to the specified peak performance, the chip should be similar fast as a Radeon Pro 455 in the MacBook Pro 2016. In our tests it reaches the Radeon Pro 455 and bests the Nvidia GeForce MX150, but stays behind the GeForce GTX 1050.
The features of the Radeon RX 550 are identical to the faster RX 460 and all other Polaris chips. See more details on the Polaris architecture here.
The power envelope of the faster Radeon Pro 460 is rated at 35 Watt according to the AMD blog post. In our tests with The Witcher 3, the GPU needed in the Pavilion 15t 80 Watt and positiones itself between the much more power efficient MX150 and the GTX 1050.
Radeon RX 500 Series |
Codename | Polaris 12 |
Architecture | Polaris |
Pipelines | 640 - unified |
Core Speed | 1287 - 1476 (Boost) MHz |
Memory Speed | 6000 MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit |
Memory Type | GDDR5 |
Max. Amount of Memory | 4 GB |
Shared Memory | no |
API | DirectX 12, OpenGL Vulkan |
Power Consumption | 50 Watt |
technology | 14 nm |
Features | DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync |
Notebook Size | large |
Date of Announcement | 21.03.2017 |
Link to Manufacturer Page | www.amd.com |
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
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min: 89329 avg: 111552 median: 111552 (13%) max: 133774 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 8755 avg: 13374 median: 13493 (13%) max: 17753 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 17423 avg: 23661 median: 23049.5 (6%) max: 31120 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 2516 avg: 3379 median: 3248.5 (5%) max: 4502 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 2874 avg: 3806 median: 3645 (3%) max: 5060 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 106689 avg: 133221 median: 133221 (15%) max: 159753 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 4474 avg: 5408 median: 5226 (6%) max: 6707 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 1619 avg: 4554 median: 4559 (3%) max: 6589 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
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Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 56.2 avg: 71.9 median: 67.1 (4%) max: 97.2 fps
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ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 43.8 avg: 62.2 median: 62.2 (14%) max: 80.5 Watt
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Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Witcher 3 ultra
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Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise +Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
min: 39.1 avg: 44.7 median: 44.7 (71%) max: 50.2 dB(A)
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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.