AMD Caicos
VS
AMD Radeon 550X
AMD Caicos
VS
AMD Radeon 550X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon 550X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
549
TeraScale 2
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Caicos
Code name
Lexa
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
27 March 2019 (2 years ago)
$10.38
Price now
$259
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Value for money
6.10
Caicos
GPU code name
Lexa
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon 550X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
512
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Core clock speed
1082 MHz
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Boost Clock
1218 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
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Texture fill rate
38.98
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
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Boost clock speed
1218 MHz
370 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon 550X.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
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Length
145 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
None

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon 550X can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon 550X, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon 550X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Caicos and AMD Radeon 550X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Caicos or AMD Radeon 550X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon 550X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon 550X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon 550X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon 550X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon 550X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Caicos

Cheaper ($10.38 vs $259)

Advantages of AMD Radeon 550X

8.24% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (512 vs 160)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

So, AMD Caicos or AMD Radeon 550X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon 550X .

AMD Caicos versus AMD Radeon 550X performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Caicos
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon 550X