AMD Radeon RX 550
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M280X
AMD Radeon RX 550
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M280X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 M280X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

398
Place in performance rating
676
32.72
Value for money (0-100)
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GCN 4.0
Architecture
GCN
Lexa
Code name
Saturn
Desktop
Type
Laptop
20 April 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
1 February 2015 (6 years ago)
$79
Launch price (MSRP)
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$851 (10.8x MSRP)
Price now
no data
2.89
Value for money
no data
Lexa
GPU code name
Saturn XT
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 M280X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

512
Pipelines
896
1100 MHz
Core clock speed
900 MHz
1183 MHz
Boost Clock
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2,200 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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37.86
Texture fill rate
61.60
1,211 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,792 gflops
512
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
1183 MHz
Boost clock speed
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2,200 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

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 M280X.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
145 mm
Length
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None
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large
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Bus support
Not Listed

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 M280X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
Not Listed
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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128 Bit
Memory bus width
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7000 MHz
Memory clock speed
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112.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 M280X, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 M280X is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
-
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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PowerTune
+
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
+
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Enduro
-
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DualGraphics
1
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Switchable graphics
1

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 M280X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
6.3
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OpenCL
Not Listed
no data
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 M280X 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 M280X 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 M280X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD Radeon R9 M280X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD Radeon R9 M280X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD Radeon R9 M280X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD Radeon R9 M280X
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

5.95% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

More memory bandwidth (112.0 GB/s vs 96 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M280X

More pipelines (896 vs 512)

So, AMD Radeon RX 550 or AMD Radeon R9 M280X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 550 .

AMD Radeon RX 550 versus AMD Radeon R9 M280X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 550
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 M280X