AMD Radeon RX 550 vs AMD Radeon R9 370

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 370 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 19% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 975 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 110 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5600 MHz
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 925 MHz
Boost clock speed 1183 MHz vs 975 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 110 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 5600 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370

  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 78 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 1280 vs 512
  • 2080x better floating-point performance: 2,496 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4722 vs 2690
  • Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 781 vs 476
  • 6.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75346 vs 11610
  • Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 64.576 vs 33.507
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 336.491 vs 140.911
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6096 vs 4485
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 940
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 2158
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6096 vs 4485
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 940
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 2158
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 78 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 512
Floating-point performance 2,496 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4722 vs 2690
PassMark - G2D Mark 781 vs 476
Geekbench - OpenCL 75346 vs 11610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 64.576 vs 33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 336.491 vs 140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6096 vs 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6096 vs 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 2158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 370

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2690
4722
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
476
781
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11610
75346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.507
64.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
140.911
336.491
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3357
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD Radeon R9 370
PassMark - G3D Mark 2690 4722
PassMark - G2D Mark 476 781
Geekbench - OpenCL 11610 75346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507 64.576
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) 140.911 336.491
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 940 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2158 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2158 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 127 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD Radeon R9 370

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Lexa Trinidad
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 876 412
Price now $75
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 59.51

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz 975 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 925 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 2,496 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 1280
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s 78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 110 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm 221 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 179.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 5600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

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)