AMD Radeon RX 550 vs ATI Radeon X300

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and ATI Radeon X300 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.

AMD Radeon RX 550

ATI Radeon X300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 375 MHz
25.2x more texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel / s vs 1.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 64 MB
17.5x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 400 MHz
66.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2713 vs 41
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 209

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel / s vs 1.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2713 vs 41
PassMark - G2D Mark	488 vs 209

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300

Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2713

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

488

209

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550	ATI Radeon X300
PassMark - G3D Mark	2713	41
PassMark - G2D Mark	488	209
Geekbench - OpenCL	11719
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1199

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550	ATI Radeon X300
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Rage 9
Code name	Lexa	RV370
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	850	837
Price now	$75
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	59.51
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel / s	1.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
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)