AMD Radeon RX 550 vs AMD Radeon R7 350X OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R7 350X 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel / s vs 25.2 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
  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • 3.5x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11610 vs 7955
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4485 vs 2097
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4485 vs 2097
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed 1183 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 11610 vs 7955
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 vs 2097
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 vs 2097

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 350X OEM

  • 672x better floating-point performance: 806.4 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3127 vs 940
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6862 vs 2158
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3127 vs 940
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6862 vs 2158
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 806.4 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3127 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6862 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3127 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6862 vs 2158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 350X OEM

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11610
7955
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
2097
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
6862
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
2097
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
6862
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD Radeon R7 350X OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 2690
PassMark - G2D Mark 476
Geekbench - OpenCL 11610 7955
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 2097
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 940 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2158 6862
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 2097
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2158 6862
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 127

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD Radeon R7 350X OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Lexa Oland
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Place in performance rating 876 807
Price now $75
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 59.51

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 806.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 384
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s 25.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 1,040 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 3.0 x8
Length 145 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 2000 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)