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Radeon HD 8970M vs Radeon RX 550

Radeon HD 8970M vs Radeon RX 550: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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Radeon RX 550

2 GB GDDR5 | 128-bit

AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo
maxsun AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 ITX Computer PC Gaming Video Graphics Card GPU HDPC Low Profile 128-Bit DirectX 12 PCI Express X16 3.0, HDMI, DisplayPort

Buy for £89.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 9 minutes ago

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Radeon RX 550

2 GB GDDR5 | 128-bit

AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo
maxsun AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 ITX Computer PC Gaming Video Graphics Card GPU HDPC Low Profile 128-Bit DirectX 12 PCI Express X16 3.0, HDMI, DisplayPort

Buy for £89.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 9 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon HD 8970M outperforms Radeon RX 550 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon HD 8970M is 1437 days older than Radeon RX 550.

Advantages of Radeon HD 8970M

  • Performs up to 15% better in Remnant II than Radeon RX 550 - 15 vs 13 FPS
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 4 vs 2 GB

Advantages of Radeon RX 550

  • Consumes up to 50% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 8970M - 50 vs 100 Watts
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This is a free version of Remnant II.
Remnant II

Remnant II

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo
Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013


FPS

15

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

FPS Winner

AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo
Radeon RX 550

Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017


FPS

13

87%

Value, £/FPS

£6.92/FPS

100%

Price, £

£89.99

100%

Value Winner

maxsun AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 ITX Computer PC Gaming Video Graphics Card GPU HDPC Low Profile 128-Bit DirectX 12 PCI Express X16 3.0, HDMI, DisplayPort

Buy for £89.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 9 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo
Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013

AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo
Radeon RX 550

Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo
Radeon HD 8970M

Mobile • May 14th, 2013


Pixel Fillrate

28.8 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

72 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo
Radeon RX 550

Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017


Pixel Fillrate

18.93 GPixel/s

66%

Texel Fillrate

37.86 GTexel/s

53%

AMD Radeon HD 8970M Logo

Radeon HD 8970M

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AMD Radeon RX 550 Logo

Radeon RX 550

May 14th, 2013Release Date
Apr 20th, 2017
Solar SystemGenerationPolaris
Not AvailableMSRP$79
NoneOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
NonePower ConnectorsNone
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
4 GB
Memory2 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
256-bitBus128-bit
153.6 GB/s
Bandwidth112 GB/s
850 MHzBase Clock Speed
1100 MHz
900 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1183 MHz
1200 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1750 MHz

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