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).
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 467 | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2103 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 19.441 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon 550 | AMD Radeon R9 290X2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 4.0 | GCN 2.0 |
Code name | Lexa | Hawaii |
Launch date | 20 Apr 2017 | 24 June 2014 |
Place in performance rating | 276 | 275 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $1,399 | |
Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12.0 (12_0) |
OpenCL | 2.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.7 (6.4) | |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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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 |