The AMD Radeon RX 550X is mobile mid-range graphics card for laptops based on the Polaris architecture. It features 640 shaders (10 CUs) or 512 shaders (8 CUs) with different clock speeds. The clock rate in the Lenovo Thinkpad E590 is 1176 MHz although AMD states up to 1287 MHz in the specifications (including the desktop version).
The performance should be similar to a Nvidia Geforce MX250 and therefore suited only for entry level gaming (e.g. less demanding games like Dota 2 or World of Tanks).
According to our information, the RX 550X is currently sold with 4 GB GDDR5 memory for around 30 - 40 dollars to laptop manufacturers.
Radeon RX 500X Series
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| Codename | Polaris 12 | |||||||||
| Architecture | Polaris | |||||||||
| Pipelines | 640 - unified | |||||||||
| Core Speed | 1176 MHz | |||||||||
| Memory Speed | 7000 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 | |||||||||
| Man. Technology | 14 nm | |||||||||
| Features | DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync | |||||||||
| Notebook Size | large | |||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 10.01.2019 | |||||||||
| Link to Manufacturer Page | www.amd.com | |||||||||
- Average benchmark valuesThe 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 | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 2018 | 52 | 26 | 20 | 14 | ||
| Far Cry 5 | 47 | 21 | 18 | 15 | ||
| X-Plane 11.11 | 27 | 21 | 19 | |||
| Ghost Recon Wildlands | 46.9 | 20.5 | 13.6 | |||
| For Honor | 75.7 | 26.5 | 25.3 | 16.3 | ||
| Battlefield 1 | 69.1 | 52.2 | 23.8 | |||
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 65.7 | 39.8 | 20.2 | |||
| Dota 2 Reborn | 86 | 78 | 53 | 49 | ||
| The Witcher 3 | 63 | 39 | 20 | 10 | ||
| BioShock Infinite | 169 | 100 | 82 | 29 | ||
| Tomb Raider | 178.4 | 86.9 | 69.4 | 36.8 | ||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 3 5 2 | 5 3 3 | 8 1 2 | 5 2 | | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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