AMD Radeon RX 550 vs AMD Radeon R9 270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 270 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) 5 month(s) later
• Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 925 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 150 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4485 vs 3448
• Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4485 vs 3448

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270

• Around 95% higher texture fill rate: 74 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
• 2.5x more pipelines: 1280 vs 512
• 1973.3x better floating-point performance: 2,368 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
• Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4306 vs 2690
• Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 567 vs 476
• 6.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74175 vs 11610
• Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55.721 vs 33.507
• Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1282.039 vs 1037.305
• Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.927 vs 3.064
• Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 93.116 vs 52.533
• Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 261.843 vs 140.911
• 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 940
• Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3347 vs 2158
• 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 940
• Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3347 vs 2158
• 12.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1603 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2690 4306
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	476 567
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	11610 74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	33.507 55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1037.305 1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.064 5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	52.533 93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	140.911 261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4485 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	940 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2158 3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4485 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	940 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2158 3347
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	127 1603

Compare specifications (specs)