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AMD Radeon RX 550X (Laptop)

AMD Radeon RX 550X (Laptop)

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

Radeon RX 580X (Laptop) compare 2304 @ 1.34 GHz256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
Radeon RX 570X (Laptop) compare 2048 @ 1.17 GHz256 Bit @ 7000 MHz
Radeon RX 550X (Laptop) 640 @ 1.18 GHz128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
CodenamePolaris 12
ArchitecturePolaris
Pipelines640 - unified
Core Speed1176 MHz
Memory Speed7000 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory4 GB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL Vulkan
Power Consumption50 Watt
technology14 nm
FeaturesDisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement10.01.2019
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
1.7 pt (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 147087     avg: 184578     median: 184578 (21%)     max: 222068 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 21405     avg: 21444     median: 21444 (28%)     max: 21483 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +
Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- 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.

F1 2018

F1 2018

2018
low 1280x720
52  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
high 1920x1080
20  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

2018
low 1280x720
47  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
21  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
18  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
15  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
11 42 ~ 27 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
9.6 32.4 ~ 21 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
9.2 28.8 ~ 19 fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1280x720
46.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
20.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
13.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
For Honor

For Honor

2017
low 1280x720
75.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
26.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
25.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
16.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
69.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
52.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
23.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
65.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
39.8  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
20.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
74.8 98 ~ 86 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
69.6 87 ~ 78 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
52.1 53.5 ~ 53 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
49.1 49.6 ~ 49 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
62.3 62.7 ~ 63 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
39 39.4 ~ 39 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
high 1920x1080
20 20.2 ~ 20 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
6 12.5 12.6 ~ 10 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
165.7 171.5 ~ 169 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
99.3 101.5 ~ 100 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
79.2 83.8 ~ 82 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
28 29.1 ~ 29 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
178.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
86.9  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
69.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
36.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
F1 201852262014
Far Cry 547211815
X-Plane 11.11272119
Ghost Recon Wildlands46.920.513.6
For Honor75.726.525.316.3
Battlefield 169.152.223.8
Rise of the Tomb Raider65.739.820.2
Dota 2 Reborn86785349
The Witcher 363392010
BioShock Infinite1691008229
Tomb Raider178.486.969.436.8
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2019-05-15)