AMD Radeon E9550 MXM vs AMD Radeon R9 270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E9550 MXM and AMD Radeon R9 270 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E9550 MXM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 1266 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 74 GTexel / s
  • Around 80% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1280
  • 2.5x better floating-point performance: 5,834 gflops vs 2,368 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 112.64 vs 55.721
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1474.586 vs 1282.039
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.473 vs 5.927
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 96.618 vs 93.116
  • Around 94% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 507.291 vs 261.843
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6622 vs 3448
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6622 vs 3448
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 September 2016 vs 13 November 2013
Boost clock speed 1266 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 182.3 GTexel / s vs 74 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 5,834 gflops vs 2,368 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 112.64 vs 55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1474.586 vs 1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.473 vs 5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 96.618 vs 93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 507.291 vs 261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6622 vs 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6622 vs 3448

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270

  • 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74175 vs 36624
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 3597
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3347 vs 3208
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 3597
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3347 vs 3208
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 74175 vs 36624
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3699 vs 3597
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3347 vs 3208
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3699 vs 3597
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3347 vs 3208

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E9550 MXM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
36624
74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
112.64
55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1474.586
1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.473
5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
96.618
93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
507.291
261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6622
3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3597
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3208
3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6622
3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3597
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3208
3347
Name AMD Radeon E9550 MXM AMD Radeon R9 270
Geekbench - OpenCL 36624 74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 112.64 55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1474.586 1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.473 5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 96.618 93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 507.291 261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6622 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3597 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3208 3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6622 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3597 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3208 3347
PassMark - G3D Mark 4306
PassMark - G2D Mark 567
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1603

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon E9550 MXM AMD Radeon R9 270

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Ellesmere Curacao
Launch date 27 September 2016 13 November 2013
Place in performance rating 518 520
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $179

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1266 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 1120 MHz
Floating-point performance 5,834 gflops 2,368 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2304 1280
Texture fill rate 182.3 GTexel / s 74 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 2,800 million
Stream Processors 1280

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 210 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)