AMD Radeon 550 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550 and AMD Radeon R9 290X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 550

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 947 MHz
215.1x more texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz

Launch date	20 Apr 2017 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz vs 947 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

5.5x more pipelines: 2816 vs 512
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 770 vs 454
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8644 vs 1885

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2816 vs 512
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	770 vs 454
PassMark - G3D Mark	8644 vs 1885

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

454

770

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1885

8644

Name	AMD Radeon 550	AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark - G2D Mark	454	770
PassMark - G3D Mark	1885	8644
Geekbench - OpenCL		42508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3949

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 550	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Lexa	Hawaii
Launch date	20 Apr 2017	24 October 2013
Place in performance rating	284	286
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	947 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 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	2816
Pixel fill rate	18.93 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s	176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,632 gflops
Stream Processors		2560
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm, 5.7 inches	275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12 (12_0)	12
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	56.00 GB/s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)