AMD Radeon 550 vs AMD FireStream 9270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550 and AMD FireStream 9270 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon 550

AMD FireStream 9270

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 750 MHz
1262x more texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel/s vs 30 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 160 Watt
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1885 vs 1341

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Apr 2017 vs 13 November 2008
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s vs 30 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 160 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1885 vs 1341

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9270

Around 56% higher pipelines: 800 vs 512
2.1x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 473 vs 454

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	800 vs 512
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	473 vs 454

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

454

473

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1885

1341

Name	AMD Radeon 550	AMD FireStream 9270
PassMark - G2D Mark	454	473
PassMark - G3D Mark	1885	1341

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 550	AMD FireStream 9270
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Lexa	RV770
Launch date	20 Apr 2017	13 November 2008
Place in performance rating	285	284
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	750 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	75.71 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1,211 GFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1,211 GFLOPS
Pipelines	512	800
Pixel fill rate	18.93 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	956 million
Floating-point performance		1,200.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm, 5.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 (12_0)	10.1
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	56.00 GB/s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5