Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 550 vs Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
AMD
Radeon RX 550
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 1 Apr 2017
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 5 Mar 2012
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Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 550
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 HD 7870 GHz Edition
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 RX 550 | Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition |
|---|
| GPU Name | Polaris 12 (Baffin XT) | Pitcairn (Pitcairn XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 0 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 640 | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 10 | 20 |
| Core clock | 1125 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 40 | 80 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 550 | Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 550 | Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | 175 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Apr 2017 | 5 Mar 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 55020.83 GP/s
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition32.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 55052.10 GT/s
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition80.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 550112.00 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition154.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 5501666.60 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition2560.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better