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    Radeon R9 FURY X vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R9 FURY X and Radeon RX 550 mobile, 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 Radeon R9 FURY X stacks up against Radeon RX 550 mobile, check out specs charts below.
    Radeon R9 FURY X Check Price
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    Radeon RX 550 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon RX 550 mobile 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 Radeon RX 550 mobile here:

    Radeon RX 550 mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon R9 FURY X Radeon RX 550 mobile
    Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 50 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
    Memory type High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 FURY X has 450% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 550 mobile.
    • Radeon R9 FURY X is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 550 mobile uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
    • Radeon R9 FURY X and Radeon RX 550 mobile have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Radeon R9 FURY X is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - in Laptops.
    • Radeon R9 FURY X is build with GCN 3.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
    • Radeon R9 FURY X is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 4950 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 FURY X.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 50−55 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 30−35 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 27−30 5−6
    4K / 2160p 14−16 4−5
    low / 720p 75−80 35−40
    medium / 1080p 60−65 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 FURY X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 158% more, than Radeon RX 550 mobile.

    Full Specs

      Radeon R9 FURY X Radeon RX 550 mobile
    Architecture GCN 3.0 Polaris
    Code name Fiji Polaris 12
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 24 June 2015 21 March 2017
    Pipelines 4096 640
    Core clock speed 1287 MHz
    Boost Clock 1050 MHz 1476 MHz
    Transistor count 8,900 million 2,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 268.8 51.48
    Floating-point performance 8,602 gflops 1,647 gflops
    Length 191 mm
    Memory bus width 4096 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1050 MHz 6000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s 96 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 6.3 6.4
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 2.0 2.0
    Vulkan + 1.2.131
    FreeSync + +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 858 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    TrueAudio +
    Mantle +
    Design reference
    Bridgeless CrossFire +
    Number of Eyefinity displays 6
    DisplayPort support +
    CrossFire +
    VCE +
    DDMA audio +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 33.4 Mh/s
    Compute units 64
    AppAcceleration +
    High bandwidth memory (HBM) +
    LiquidVR +
    TressFX +
    UVD +
    FRTC +
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