AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 5550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM

ATI Radeon HD 5550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 18.72 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 70% better floating-point performance: 599.0 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 338 vs 185
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 935 vs 377

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 9 February 2010
Core clock speed	730 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	18.72 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	599.0 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	338 vs 185
PassMark - G3D Mark	935 vs 377

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

338

185

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

935

377

Name	AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 5550
PassMark - G2D Mark	338	185
PassMark - G3D Mark	935	377
Geekbench - OpenCL	5635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2380
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2380
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 5550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Oland	Redwood
Launch date	5 May 2015	9 February 2010
Place in performance rating	894	897
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	780 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	599.0 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	320
Texture fill rate	18.72 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	39 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		165 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5