AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon HD 5550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition and ATI Radeon HD 5550 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

ATI Radeon HD 5550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 41% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 550 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 32 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
2.9x better floating-point performance: 1,024 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 3200 MHz
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1544 vs 377
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 354 vs 185

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 9 February 2010
Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1544 vs 377
PassMark - G2D Mark	354 vs 185

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1544

377

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

354

185

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition	ATI Radeon HD 5550
PassMark - G3D Mark	1544	377
PassMark - G2D Mark	354	185
Geekbench - OpenCL	9703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	25.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	516.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	111.138
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2862
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2862
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3326

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition	ATI Radeon HD 5550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Tropo	Redwood
Launch date	5 May 2015	9 February 2010
Place in performance rating	1007	890
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	775 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	627 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		39 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		165 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5