AMD Radeon RX 550 vs AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon HD 8790M 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 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
• Around 39% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 850 MHz
• Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
• Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2723 vs 1306
• 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11659 vs 4746
• 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 33.507 vs 12.759
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1037.305 vs 465.631
• Around 94% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.064 vs 1.576
• Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.533 vs 28.839
• Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 140.911 vs 80.418
• 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4485 vs 2181
• Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2158 vs 2014
• 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4485 vs 2181
• Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2158 vs 2014

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

• 576x better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
• Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 480
• 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2656 vs 940
• 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2656 vs 940
• Around 34% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1607 vs 1199

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8790M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2723 1306
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	480 751
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	11659 4746
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	33.507 12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1037.305 465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.064 1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	52.533 28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	140.911 80.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4485 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	940 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2158 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4485 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	940 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2158 2014
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1199 1607

Compare specifications (specs)