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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX 550 | AMD Radeon R9 370 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (11_1) |
OpenCL | 2.0 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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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 |
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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) |