AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs ATI Radeon HD 5550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 7970

ATI Radeon HD 5550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
13.5x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 320
10.8x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	22 December 2011 vs 9 February 2010
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

7.7x lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 300 Watt
2.3x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1375 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1375 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5550

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7970	ATI Radeon HD 5550
Geekbench - OpenCL	34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	84.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1389.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	481.76
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2276
PassMark - G3D Mark		377
PassMark - G2D Mark		185

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7970	ATI Radeon HD 5550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Tahiti	Redwood
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	22 December 2011	9 February 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$549
Place in performance rating	483	890
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2048	320
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	39 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	627 million
Core clock speed		550 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	274 mm	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	264 GB/s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync