Quadro FX 4800 vs Radeon RX 550

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro FX 4800 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 Quadro FX 4800 stacks up against Radeon RX 550, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 4800 Radeon RX 550
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro FX 4800 has 200% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 550.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 550 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro FX 4800 has 1532 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 550.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 550 - with GCN 4.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 498 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 4800.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Quadro FX 4800 is 122 mm longer, than Radeon RX 550.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 5400 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 4800.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 14−16
ultra / 1080p 0−1 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 12−14 30−33
medium / 1080p 3−4 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 250% more, than Quadro FX 4800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 4800 Radeon RX 550
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 4.0
Code name GT200B Lexa
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 11 November 2008 20 April 2017
Pipelines 192 512
Core clock speed 602 MHz 1100 MHz
Boost Clock 1183 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 38.53 37.86
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops 1,211 gflops
Length 267 mm 145 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 112.0 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 4.0 6.4
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 1.3
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