Graphics card comparison
Radeon 550X 640SP vs Radeon R9 370X
AMD
Radeon 550X 640SP
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 11 Apr 2018
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon R9 370X
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 27 Aug 2015
DESKTOP
Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon 550X 640SP
- 130 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 370X .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 370X
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon 550X 640SP | Radeon R9 370X |
|---|
| GPU Name | Lexa (Lexa PRO
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<span title="Chip code">(215-0904018)</span>) | Trinidad (Trinidad XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 103 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,200 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 640 | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 10 | 24 |
| Core clock | 1019 MHz | 980 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 40 | 80 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon 550X 640SP | Radeon R9 370X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon 550X 640SP | Radeon R9 370X |
|---|
| TDP | 50 watts | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 11 Apr 2018 | 27 Aug 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon 550X 640SP17.14 GP/s
- Radeon R9 370X33.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon 550X 640SP42.84 GT/s
- Radeon R9 370X82.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon 550X 640SP48.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 370X179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon 550X 640SP1371.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 370X2636.80 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better