AMD Radeon HD 6550D vs ATI Radeon HD 4670

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6550D and ATI Radeon HD 4670 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550D

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 400 vs 320
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 401 vs 382
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 131 vs 35
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3324 vs 3285
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3324 vs 3285
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 June 2011 vs 10 September 2008
Pipelines 400 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 401 vs 382
PassMark - G2D Mark 131 vs 35
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3324 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 vs 3285

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4670

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 600 MHz
Core clock speed 750 MHz vs 600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6550D
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4670

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
401
382
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
131
35
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
3285
Name AMD Radeon HD 6550D ATI Radeon HD 4670
PassMark - G3D Mark 401 382
PassMark - G2D Mark 131 35
Geekbench - OpenCL 1316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1382
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1382
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1975
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1975
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3324 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 3285

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6550D ATI Radeon HD 4670

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 2 TeraScale
Code name Llano RV730
Launch date 30 June 2011 10 September 2008
Place in performance rating 1237 1459
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $67

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 750 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 400 320
Transistor count 1000 Million 514 million
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 59 Watt

API support

DirectX 11 10.1
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 193 mm
Supplementary power connectors None