AMD Radeon Pro 555X vs AMD Radeon R9 M275

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 555X and AMD Radeon R9 M275 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: 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 555X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 907 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 5100 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12519 vs 9231
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 35.283 vs 28.064
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 668.308 vs 313.463
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.158 vs 2.206
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.593 vs 34.381
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 170.952 vs 121.685
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2350 vs 1162
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 1717
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2350 vs 1162
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 1717
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 July 2018 vs 28 January 2014
Core clock speed 907 MHz vs 900 MHz
Pipelines 768 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 5100 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 12519 vs 9231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 35.283 vs 28.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 668.308 vs 313.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.158 vs 2.206
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.593 vs 34.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 170.952 vs 121.685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2350 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 1717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2350 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 1717

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 555X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M275

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12519
9231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.283
28.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
668.308
313.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.158
2.206
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
49.593
34.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
170.952
121.685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2350
1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
1717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2350
1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
1717
Name AMD Radeon Pro 555X AMD Radeon R9 M275
Geekbench - OpenCL 12519 9231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 35.283 28.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 668.308 313.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.158 2.206
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.593 34.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 170.952 121.685
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2350 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 1717
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2350 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 1717
PassMark - G3D Mark 1115
PassMark - G2D Mark 569

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 555X AMD Radeon R9 M275

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Polaris 21 Venus
Launch date 16 July 2018 28 January 2014
Place in performance rating 980 981
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $799.99
Price now $699.99
Value for money (0-100) 3.01

Technical info

Core clock speed 907 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 640
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,500 million
Boost clock speed 925 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops
Texture fill rate 37 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5100 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s
Shared memory 0