AMD Radeon 550X Mobile vs AMD Radeon R7 A360

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550X Mobile and AMD Radeon R7 A360 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon 550X Mobile

AMD Radeon R7 A360

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 1287 MHz vs 825 MHz
1906.7x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 27 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1748 vs 1616
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1748 vs 1616
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2522 vs 1704
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2522 vs 1704
Around 49% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8677 vs 5809

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 27 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1748 vs 1616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1748 vs 1616
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2522 vs 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2522 vs 1704
Geekbench - OpenCL	8677 vs 5809

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 A360

523.6x better floating-point performance: 864.0 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	864.0 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550X Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 A360

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1748

1616

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1748

1616

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2522

1704

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2522

1704

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8677

5809

Name	AMD Radeon 550X Mobile	AMD Radeon R7 A360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2322
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1748	1616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1748	1616
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2522	1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2522	1704
Geekbench - OpenCL	8677	5809
PassMark - G2D Mark		223
PassMark - G3D Mark		608

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 550X Mobile	AMD Radeon R7 A360
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Lexa	Opal
Design	Radeon 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	1168	1169
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz	825 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs	864.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	384
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s	27 GTexel / s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	56 GB/s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support