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    HD Graphics 5300 vs Radeon RX 550

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between HD Graphics 5300 and Radeon RX 550, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the HD Graphics 5300 stacks up against Radeon RX 550, check out specs charts below.
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    HD Graphics 5300 is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: HD Graphics 5300 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with HD Graphics 5300 here:

    HD Graphics 5300 Laptops

    Main Specs

      HD Graphics 5300 Radeon RX 550
    Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 50 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type System Shared GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon RX 550 has 233% more power consumption, than HD Graphics 5300.
    • HD Graphics 5300 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x1, and Radeon RX 550 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
    • HD Graphics 5300 is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 550 - in Desktops.
    • HD Graphics 5300 is build with Gen. 8 Broadwell architecture, and Radeon RX 550 - with GCN 4.0.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 1000 MHz higher, than HD Graphics 5300.
    • HD Graphics 5300 and Radeon RX 550 are manufactured by 14 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 14−16
    ultra / 1080p − 8−9
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
    low / 720p 0−1 30−33
    medium / 1080p 0−1 18−20

    Full Specs

      HD Graphics 5300 Radeon RX 550
    Architecture Gen. 8 Broadwell GCN 4.0
    Code name Broadwell GT2 Lexa
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 5 September 2014 20 April 2017
    Pipelines 24 512
    Core clock speed 100 MHz 1100 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz 1183 MHz
    Transistor count 1,300 million 2,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 21.60 37.86
    Floating-point performance 1,211 gflops
    Length 145 mm
    Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 7000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s
    Shared memory +
    DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.4
    OpenGL 4.4 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0 2.0
    Vulkan 1.1.80 1.2.131
    Quick Sync +
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