Radeon 550X 640SP vs Radeon R9 370X
Summary
Reasons to consider 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| Radeon 550X 640SP | | Radeon R9 370X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Lexa (Lexa PRO
(215-0904018)) | vs | Trinidad (Trinidad XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 103 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,200 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 640 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 24 |
| Core clock | 1019 MHz | vs | 980 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 40 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon 550X 640SP | | Radeon R9 370X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon 550X 640SP | | Radeon R9 370X | |
|---|
| TDP | 50 watts | vs | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 11 Apr 2018 | vs | 27 Aug 2015 |
Radeon 550X 640SP
17.14 GP/s
Radeon R9 370X
33.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon 550X 640SP
42.84 GT/s
Radeon R9 370X
82.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon 550X 640SP
48.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 370X
179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon 550X 640SP
1371.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 370X
2636.80 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better