AMD FirePro V5900 vs ATI Radeon HD 5550

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro V5900 and ATI Radeon HD 5550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro V5900

ATI Radeon HD 5550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V5900

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 512 vs 320
Around 75% better floating-point performance: 614.4 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1270 vs 377
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 360 vs 185

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 May 2011 vs 9 February 2010
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 320
Floating-point performance	614.4 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1270 vs 377
PassMark - G2D Mark	360 vs 185

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro V5900
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1270

377

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

360

185

Name	AMD FirePro V5900	ATI Radeon HD 5550
PassMark - G3D Mark	1270	377
PassMark - G2D Mark	360	185
Geekbench - OpenCL	2880
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	409.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	20.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	66.259
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2091
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2091
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5078

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro V5900	ATI Radeon HD 5550
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	TeraScale 2
Code name	Cayman	Redwood
Launch date	24 May 2011	9 February 2010
Place in performance rating	1091	890
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	614.4 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	320
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	39 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	230 mm	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5