AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM and ATI Radeon HD 4550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM

ATI Radeon HD 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 600 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 320 vs 80
5.2x better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
Around 37% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1310 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 548 vs 236
4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2264 vs 558
4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2264 vs 558

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2013 vs 30 September 2008
Core clock speed	730 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 80
Floating-point performance	499.2 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1310 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	548 vs 236
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2264 vs 558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2264 vs 558

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4550

2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 50 Watt
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 429 vs 194

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	429 vs 194

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

548

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

194

429

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2264

558

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2264

558

Name	AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 4550
PassMark - G3D Mark	548	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	194	429
Geekbench - OpenCL	4936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	162.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	77.819
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1284
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2264	558
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1284
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2264	558

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Oland	RV710
Launch date	1 November 2013	30 September 2008
Place in performance rating	1406	800
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	780 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	499.2 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	320	80
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	10.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1310 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2