Radeon HD 7870 and Radeon RX 550 512SP - video card comparison
Radeon HD 7870
Radeon RX 550 512SP
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name
Pitcairn XT
Baffin
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2012
October 2017
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
-
1071 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
2800 Million
3,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
512
Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
50 Watt
Texture fill rate
80.00
34.27
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
96 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (11_1)
12 (12_0)
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.4
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2