AMD Radeon RX 550 vs AMD Radeon R7 260X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R7 260X 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 3 year(s) 6 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
• 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 115 Watt
• Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1037.305 vs 804.436
• Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4485 vs 3845
• Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4485 vs 3845

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

• Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
• Around 75% higher pipelines: 896 vs 512
• 1642.5x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
• Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3192 vs 2690
• Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 523 vs 476
• Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 43.745 vs 33.507
• Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.673 vs 3.064
• Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.088 vs 52.533
• Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 221.539 vs 140.911
• 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3485 vs 940
• Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2158
• 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3485 vs 940
• Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2158
• 11.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1481 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260X

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2690 3192
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	476 523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	33.507 43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1037.305 804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.064 3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	52.533 64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	140.911 221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4485 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	940 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2158 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4485 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	940 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2158 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	127 1481

Compare specifications (specs)