AMD Radeon RX 550
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M380
AMD Radeon RX 550
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M380

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 M380. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

398
Place in performance rating
378
32.72
Value for money (0-100)
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GCN 4.0
Architecture
GCN
Lexa
Code name
Strato
Desktop
Type
Laptop
20 April 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
16 June 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
Strato Pro GDDR5
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 M380 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

512
Pipelines
768
1100 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
1183 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
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
48.00
1,211 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,536 gflops
512
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
1183 MHz
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
2,200 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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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 M380.

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
medium sized
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 M380 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
7000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
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 M380, the size and number of monitors.

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

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 M380 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
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DirectCompute 5.0
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 M380. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
6.3
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OpenCL
Not Listed
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Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD Radeon R9 M380 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 M380 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 M380
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD Radeon R9 M380
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD Radeon R9 M380
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD Radeon R9 M380
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550
AMD Radeon R9 M380
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)

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

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M380

2.86% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (768 vs 512)

So, AMD Radeon RX 550 or AMD Radeon R9 M380?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 M380 .

AMD Radeon RX 550 versus AMD Radeon R9 M380 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 M380