Radeon RX 6550M vs R9 370X

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated216
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data21.35
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTrinidadNavi 24
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 August 2015 (9 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores12801024
Core clock speed980 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speed1030 MHz2840 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate82.40181.8
Floating-point processing power2.637 TFLOPS5.816 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs8064
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length221 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s144.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 August 2015 4 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 80 Watt

RX 6550M has an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 125% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 370X and Radeon RX 6550M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 370X is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6550M is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon R9 370X
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