AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel / s vs 40 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • 6.2x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 15 February 2012
Boost clock speed 1183 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 51.48 GTexel / s vs 40 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 125 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1125 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

  • 1066.7x better floating-point performance: 1,280 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Floating-point performance 1,280 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Name AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 2174
PassMark - G2D Mark 462
Geekbench - OpenCL 14263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 153.657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 14630
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 14630
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 711

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Lexa Cape Verde
Design Radeon RX 500 Series AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 15 February 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $79.99 $159
Place in performance rating not rated 557
Price now $75
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 56.41

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 1,280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 640
Texture fill rate 51.48 GTexel / s 40 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 125 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 1,500 million
Stream Processors 640

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Length 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 11
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
CrossFire