AMD Radeon 550 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550 and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon 550

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
17.4x more texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel/s vs 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
11.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 580 Watt

Launch date	20 Apr 2017 vs 24 June 2014
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s vs 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

11x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 512
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective

Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 512
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Name	AMD Radeon 550	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	454
PassMark - G3D Mark	1885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		19.441

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 550	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Lexa	Hawaii
Launch date	20 Apr 2017	24 June 2014
Place in performance rating	285	283
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1000 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	2x 2816
Pixel fill rate	18.93 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		2x 5,632 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm, 5.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	56.00 GB/s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5