AMD Radeon R7 M270DX vs ATI Radeon X550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M270DX 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

ATI Radeon X550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
18.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 962 vs 51

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 June 2014 vs 1 July 2005
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	962 vs 51

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550

Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 266 vs 233

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	266 vs 233

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

233

266

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

962

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX	ATI Radeon X550
PassMark - G2D Mark	233	266
PassMark - G3D Mark	962	51

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX	ATI Radeon X550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Rage 9
Code name	Topaz	RV370
Launch date	11 June 2014	1 July 2005
Place in performance rating	637	638
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	940 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Transistor count	3,100 million	107 million
Texture fill rate		1.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Memory type		DDR