AMD Radeon RX 550 vs AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD FirePro S9300 X2 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.

AMD Radeon RX 550

AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 300 Watt
7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 31 March 2016
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9300 X2

58.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 37.86 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 512
11605x better floating-point performance: 2x 6,963 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 4 GB
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27971 vs 11719

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 4096 vs 512
Floating-point performance	2x 6,963 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	27971 vs 11719

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S9300 X2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11719

27971

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550	AMD FirePro S9300 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	2714
PassMark - G2D Mark	488
Geekbench - OpenCL	11719	27971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1037.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1199

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550	AMD FirePro S9300 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Lexa	Capsaicin
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	31 March 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$5,999
Place in performance rating	850	852
Price now	$75
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	59.51
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	2x 6,963 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	2x 4096
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel / s	2x 217.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	8,900 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	2x 512.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2x 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	HBM
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)