AMD Radeon R9 M375X vs ATI Radeon HD 5550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M375X 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M375X

ATI Radeon HD 5550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M375X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 68% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 550 MHz
4.6x more texture fill rate: 40.6 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
3.7x better floating-point performance: 1,299 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1735 vs 377
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 331 vs 185

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 9 February 2010
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	40.6 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,299 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1735 vs 377
PassMark - G2D Mark	331 vs 185

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

2.8x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1125 MHz

Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1125 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M375X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1735

377

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

331

185

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M375X	ATI Radeon HD 5550
PassMark - G3D Mark	1735	377
PassMark - G2D Mark	331	185
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3548
Geekbench - OpenCL	8255
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1333
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2185
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2185

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M375X	ATI Radeon HD 5550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Tropo	Redwood
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	9 February 2010
Place in performance rating	899	902
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1015 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	925 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,299 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Texture fill rate	40.6 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
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		165 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore