AMD Radeon RX 550
VS
AMD Radeon R9 370
AMD Radeon RX 550
VS
AMD Radeon R9 370

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 370. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

398
Place in performance rating
267
32.72
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN 4.0
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Lexa
Code name
Trinidad
Desktop
Type
Desktop
20 April 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
5 May 2015 (6 years ago)
$79
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$851 (10.8x MSRP)
Price now
$248
2.89
Value for money
13.35
Lexa
GPU code name
Trinidad
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 370 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

512
Pipelines
1280
1100 MHz
Core clock speed
925 MHz
1183 MHz
Boost Clock
975 MHz
2,200 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
110 Watt
37.86
Texture fill rate
78.00
1,211 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,496 gflops
512
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1183 MHz
Boost clock speed
975 MHz
2,200 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
110 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 370.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
145 mm
Length
221 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 370 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
7000 MHz
Memory clock speed
5600 MHz
112.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 370, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
HDMI
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 370. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 370 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX 550 or AMD Radeon R9 370 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD Radeon R9 370
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD Radeon R9 370
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD Radeon R9 370
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD Radeon R9 370
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD Radeon R9 370
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 110 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 370

10.61% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($248 vs $851 (10.8x MSRP))

More pipelines (1280 vs 512)

More memory bandwidth (179.2 GB/s vs 112.0 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon RX 550 or AMD Radeon R9 370?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 370 .

AMD Radeon RX 550 versus AMD Radeon R9 370 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 550
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 370