AMD Radeon HD 6550D vs ATI Radeon HD 5450

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6550D and ATI Radeon HD 5450 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6550D

ATI Radeon HD 5450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550D

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
5x more pipelines: 400 vs 80
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 401 vs 136
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1382 vs 344
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1382 vs 344
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1975 vs 666
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1975 vs 666
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3324 vs 1457
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3324 vs 1457

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 June 2011 vs 4 February 2010
Pipelines	400 vs 80
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	401 vs 136
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1382 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1382 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1975 vs 666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1975 vs 666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3324 vs 1457
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3324 vs 1457

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5450

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 140 vs 131
Around 95% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2572 vs 1316

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	140 vs 131
Geekbench - OpenCL	2572 vs 1316

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6550D
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

401

136

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

131

140

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1316

2572

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1382

344

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1382

344

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1975

666

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1975

666

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3324

1457

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3324

1457

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6550D	ATI Radeon HD 5450
PassMark - G3D Mark	401	136
PassMark - G2D Mark	131	140
Geekbench - OpenCL	1316	2572
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1382	344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1382	344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1975	666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1975	666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3324	1457
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3324	1457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		10.124
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6550D	ATI Radeon HD 5450
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Llano	Cedar
Launch date	30 June 2011	4 February 2010
Place in performance rating	1237	1606
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	400	80
Transistor count	1000 Million	292 million
Boost clock speed		650 MHz
Floating-point performance		104 gflops
Texture fill rate		5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		19 Watt
API support
DirectX	11	11
OpenGL		4.4
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		DDR2
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity