AMD Radeon R7 260X vs ATI Radeon X550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260X and ATI Radeon X550 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 260X

ATI Radeon X550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
38.5x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
62.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3183 vs 51
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 521 vs 266

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 1 July 2005
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3183 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark	521 vs 266

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3183

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

521

266

Name	AMD Radeon R7 260X	ATI Radeon X550
PassMark - G3D Mark	3183	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	521	266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1481

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 260X	ATI Radeon X550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Rage 9
Code name	Bonaire	RV370
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	1 July 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$139
Place in performance rating	639	632
Price now	$239
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	17.15
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	896
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	107 million
Core clock speed		400 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync