AMD Radeon HD 6550D vs ATI Radeon HD 4890

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6550D and ATI Radeon HD 4890 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) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 131 vs 75
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 June 2011 vs 2 April 2009
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 131 vs 75

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4890

  • Around 42% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 800 vs 400
  • 3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1508 vs 401
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 3324
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 3324
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Pipelines 800 vs 400
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1508 vs 401
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 3324

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6550D
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4890

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
401
1508
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
131
75
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
3348
Name AMD Radeon HD 6550D ATI Radeon HD 4890
PassMark - G3D Mark 401 1508
PassMark - G2D Mark 131 75
Geekbench - OpenCL 1345
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 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 3348

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6550D ATI Radeon HD 4890

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 2 TeraScale
Code name Llano RV790
Launch date 30 June 2011 2 April 2009
Place in performance rating 1245 1248
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $249

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 400 800
Transistor count 1000 Million 959 million
Floating-point performance 1,360.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 34.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 Watt

API support

DirectX 11 10.1
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 124.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3900 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin