AMD Radeon RX 550X vs AMD Radeon R7 260X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD Radeon R7 260X 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 550X

AMD Radeon R7 260X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1287 MHz vs 1000 MHz
835.7x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 115 Watt

Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

Around 75% higher pipelines: 896 vs 512
1194.5x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 523 vs 423
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3195 vs 2339
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3845 vs 3428
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3845 vs 3428
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3485 vs 3139
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3485 vs 3139

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	896 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	523 vs 423
PassMark - G3D Mark	3195 vs 2339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3845 vs 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3845 vs 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3485 vs 3139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3485 vs 3139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3349

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

423

523

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2339

3195

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3428

3845

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3428

3845

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3139

3485

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3139

3485

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3358

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550X	AMD Radeon R7 260X
PassMark - G2D Mark	423	523
PassMark - G3D Mark	2339	3195
Geekbench - OpenCL	8781
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3428	3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3428	3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3139	3485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3139	3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		221.539
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1481

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550X	AMD Radeon R7 260X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Lexa	Bonaire
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	633	636
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$139
Price now		$239
Value for money (0-100)		17.15
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	896
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640	896
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s	61.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	2,080 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
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	104 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio