AMD Radeon RX 550 vs AMD Radeon R9 M375X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 M375X 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 17% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 1015 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 6.2x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2732 vs 1808
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 484 vs 343
  • Around 40% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11662 vs 8320
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4485 vs 3548
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4485 vs 3548
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 925 MHz
Boost clock speed 1183 MHz vs 1015 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2732 vs 1808
PassMark - G2D Mark 484 vs 343
Geekbench - OpenCL 11662 vs 8320
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 vs 3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 vs 3548

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M375X

  • Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 40.6 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
  • 1082.5x better floating-point performance: 1,299 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1333 vs 940
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2185 vs 2158
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1333 vs 940
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2185 vs 2158
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 40.6 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,299 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1333 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2185 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1333 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2185 vs 2158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M375X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2732
1808
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
484
343
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11662
8320
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
2185
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
2185
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD Radeon R9 M375X
PassMark - G3D Mark 2732 1808
PassMark - G2D Mark 484 343
Geekbench - OpenCL 11662 8320
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 3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 940 1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2158 2185
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940 1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2158 2185
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1199

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD Radeon R9 M375X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Lexa Tropo
Design Radeon RX 500 Series AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Place in performance rating 873 874
Price now $75
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 59.51

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz 1015 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 925 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 1,299 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 640
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s 40.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 1,500 million
Compute units 10

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenCL 2.0 Not Listed
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 1125 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)
DualGraphics
HD3D
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore