Radeon RX 550X 640SP vs Radeon R7 370

Radeon RX 550X 640SP
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 11 Apr 2018
Radeon RX 550X 640SP
Radeon R7 370
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Jun 2015
Radeon R7 370

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 550X 640SP

50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R7 370 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Radeon R7 370

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 550X 640SPRadeon R7 370
GPU NameBaffin (Baffin LE)vsTrinidad (Trinidad PRO)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size123 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders640vs1024
Compute Units10vs16
Core clock1019 MHzvs925 MHz
ROPs16vs32
TMUs40vs64

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 550X 640SPRadeon R7 370
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective
vs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 550X 640SPRadeon R7 370
TDP60 wattsvs110 watts
Release Date11 Apr 2018vs18 Jun 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 550X 640SP
    17.14 GP/s
  • Radeon R7 370
    31.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 550X 640SP
    42.84 GT/s
  • Radeon R7 370
    62.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 550X 640SP
    96.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R7 370
    179.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 550X 640SP
    1371.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R7 370
    1996.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better