AMD Radeon RX 550X vs ATI FirePro M7740

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X and ATI FirePro M7740 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 2475x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 60 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.1x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 3384 MHz
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 423 vs 415
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2365 vs 665
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3309
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3309
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 April 2018 vs 4 August 2009
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 51.48 GTexel/s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 3384 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 423 vs 415
PassMark - G3D Mark 2365 vs 665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3309

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro M7740

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
  • 504.2x better floating-point performance: 832.0 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Pipelines 640 vs 512
Floating-point performance 832.0 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X
GPU 2: ATI FirePro M7740

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
423
415
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2365
665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3309
Name AMD Radeon RX 550X ATI FirePro M7740
PassMark - G2D Mark 423 415
PassMark - G3D Mark 2365 665
Geekbench - OpenCL 8858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 3309

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550X ATI FirePro M7740

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 TeraScale
Code name Lexa M97
Design Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 3 April 2018 4 August 2009
Place in performance rating 617 616
Type Desktop, Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1287 MHz
Compute units 8/10
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.65 TFLOPs 832.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 512 640
Pixel fill rate 20.60 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512/640
Texture fill rate 51.48 GTexel/s 20.8 GTexel / s
Texture Units 40
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 60 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 826 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 54.1 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 3384 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support