AMD Radeon RX 550 vs AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM 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 Radeon R5 220 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 650 MHz
7.3x more texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 512 vs 80
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
6.6x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1066 MHz
18.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2732 vs 148
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 111
4.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11584 vs 2761
13.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4485 vs 337
Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 940 vs 583
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2158 vs 1094
13.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4485 vs 337
Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 940 vs 583
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2158 vs 1094

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 80
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1066 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2732 vs 148
PassMark - G2D Mark	487 vs 111
Geekbench - OpenCL	11584 vs 2761
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4485 vs 337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	940 vs 583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2158 vs 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4485 vs 337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	940 vs 583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2158 vs 1094

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM

86.7x better floating-point performance: 104.0 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 50 Watt

Floating-point performance	104.0 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2732

148

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

487

111

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11584

2761

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4485

337

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

940

583

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2158

1094

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4485

337

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

940

583

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2158

1094

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550	AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	2732	148
PassMark - G2D Mark	487	111
Geekbench - OpenCL	11584	2761
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	337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	940	583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2158	1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4485	337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	940	583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2158	1094
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1200

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550	AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Lexa	Cedar
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	21 December 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	870	1583
Price now	$75
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	59.51
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	80
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel / s	5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	168 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	8.528 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1066 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
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)