AMD Radeon HD 6550D vs ATI Radeon HD 4860
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6550D and ATI Radeon HD 4860 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 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 55 nm
Launch date | 30 June 2011 vs 9 September 2009 |
Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm vs 55 nm |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4860
- Around 17% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 600 MHz
- Around 60% higher pipelines: 640 vs 400
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3324
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3324
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 700 MHz vs 600 MHz |
Pipelines | 640 vs 400 |
Benchmarks | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3355 vs 3324 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3355 vs 3324 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6550D
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 6550D | ATI Radeon HD 4860 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 401 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 131 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 1328 | |
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 | 3355 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3324 | 3355 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 6550D | ATI Radeon HD 4860 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Terascale 2 | TeraScale |
Code name | Llano | RV790 |
Launch date | 30 June 2011 | 9 September 2009 |
Place in performance rating | 1246 | 1248 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 700 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 55 nm |
Pipelines | 400 | 640 |
Transistor count | 1000 Million | 959 million |
Floating-point performance | 896.0 gflops | |
Texture fill rate | 22.4 GTexel / s | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 130 Watt | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 10.1 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | |
Memory |
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Shared memory | 1 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | |
Memory bandwidth | 96.0 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | |
Memory clock speed | 3000 MHz | |
Memory type | GDDR5 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin |