AMD Radeon R9 270X VS AMD Radeon RX 550
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Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores179.2 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Radeon R9 270X
$199 • Oct 2013
Radeon RX 550
$79 • Apr 2017
AMD Radeon RX 550
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 270X | AMD Radeon RX 550 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 180 W | 50 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1050 MHz | 1183 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 112 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 512 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 80 | 32 |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1400 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 33.6 GPixel/s | 18.93 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 179.2 GTexel/s | 112 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.688 GFLOPS | 1 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.50 MB | 0.50 MB |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 103 mm² |
| Transistors | 2800 Million | 2200 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 250 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | None |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX 550
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX 550
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX 550
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX 550
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon R9 270X Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
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