AMD Radeon RX 550 vs AMD Radeon R9 M380

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 M380 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 22% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4.7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1037.305 vs 546.907
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.064 vs 2.618
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.533 vs 48.878
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4485 vs 3688
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 940 vs 536
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4485 vs 3688
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 940 vs 536
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1183 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 vs 546.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064 vs 2.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533 vs 48.878
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 940 vs 536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940 vs 536

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M380

  • Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
  • 1280x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2774 vs 2732
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 530 vs 484
  • Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12660 vs 11662
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 34.701 vs 33.507
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 194.051 vs 140.911
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2855 vs 2158
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2855 vs 2158
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2774 vs 2732
PassMark - G2D Mark 530 vs 484
Geekbench - OpenCL 12660 vs 11662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.701 vs 33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 194.051 vs 140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2855 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2855 vs 2158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M380

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2732
2774
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
484
530
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11662
12660
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.507
34.701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1037.305
546.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.064
2.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.533
48.878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
140.911
194.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
2855
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
2855
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD Radeon R9 M380
PassMark - G3D Mark 2732 2774
PassMark - G2D Mark 484 530
Geekbench - OpenCL 11662 12660
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507 34.701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 546.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064 2.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533 48.878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 140.911 194.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 940 536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2158 2855
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940 536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2158 2855
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1199

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD Radeon R9 M380

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Lexa Strato
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 873 875
Price now $75
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 59.51

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 768
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s 48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 2,080 million

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
Laptop size medium sized

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 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 1500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

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)
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
HD3D
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore