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.

 

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
51
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 635 639
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