AMD Radeon RX 550 vs AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 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
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2690 vs 2174
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 476 vs 462
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1037.305 vs 506.712
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.064 vs 3.01
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.533 vs 49.787
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4485 vs 3707
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4485 vs 3707
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 15 February 2012
Boost clock speed 1183 MHz vs 1000 MHz
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
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2690 vs 2174
PassMark - G2D Mark 476 vs 462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 vs 506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064 vs 3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533 vs 49.787
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 vs 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 vs 3707

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

  • Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 40 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
  • 1066.7x better floating-point performance: 1,280 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14263 vs 11610
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 33.836 vs 33.507
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 153.657 vs 140.911
  • 4.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4524 vs 940
  • 6.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 14630 vs 2158
  • 4.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4524 vs 940
  • 6.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 14630 vs 2158
  • 5.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 711 vs 127
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 40 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,280 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 14263 vs 11610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.836 vs 33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 153.657 vs 140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4524 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 14630 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4524 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 14630 vs 2158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 711 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2690
2174
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
476
462
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11610
14263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.507
33.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1037.305
506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.064
3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.533
49.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
140.911
153.657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
14630
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
14630
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
127
711
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 2690 2174
PassMark - G2D Mark 476 462
Geekbench - OpenCL 11610 14263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507 33.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064 3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533 49.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 140.911 153.657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 940 4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2158 14630
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940 4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2158 14630
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 127 711

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 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 $159
Place in performance rating 876 557
Price now $75
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 59.51

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 512 640
Texture fill rate 37.86 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 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm 210 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16

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

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)
CrossFire