AMD Radeon RX 550X vs ATI Radeon X800 XL

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X and ATI Radeon X800 XL 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).

AMD Radeon RX 550X

ATI Radeon X800 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 400 MHz
8043.8x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
7.1x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 271
32.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2253 vs 69

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 1 December 2004
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 980 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 271
PassMark - G3D Mark	2253 vs 69

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XL

Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 XL

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

422

271

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2253

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550X	ATI Radeon X800 XL
PassMark - G2D Mark	422	271
PassMark - G3D Mark	2253	69
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550X	ATI Radeon X800 XL
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	R400
Code name	Lexa	R430
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	628	619
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	512
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s	6.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	49 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 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
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0b
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	31.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	980 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support