AMD Radeon RX 550X vs ATI FirePro V9800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X and ATI FirePro V9800 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).

AMD Radeon RX 550X

ATI FirePro V9800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
757.1x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 68.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 4600 MHz

Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 9 September 2010
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 68.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 4600 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V9800

3.1x more pipelines: 1600 vs 512
1648.5x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 655 vs 422
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2727 vs 2253

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1600 vs 512
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	655 vs 422
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727 vs 2253

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V9800

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

422

655

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2253

2727

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550X	ATI FirePro V9800
PassMark - G2D Mark	422	655
PassMark - G3D Mark	2253	2727
Geekbench - OpenCL	8679
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		118.756

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550X	ATI FirePro V9800
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Lexa	Cypress
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	9 September 2010
Place in performance rating	628	627
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	1600
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s	68.0 GTexel / s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	2,154 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	4600 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