AMD Radeon R7 240 vs ATI Radeon HD 5550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 240 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 240

ATI Radeon HD 5550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 77% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Around 42% better floating-point performance: 499.2 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
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 902 vs 377
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 185

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 9 February 2010
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	499.2 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	902 vs 377
PassMark - G2D Mark	274 vs 185

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 50 Watt
2.8x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 240
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

902

377

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

274

185

Name	AMD Radeon R7 240	ATI Radeon HD 5550
PassMark - G3D Mark	902	377
PassMark - G2D Mark	274	185
Geekbench - OpenCL	5331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	290.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	60.326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 240	ATI Radeon HD 5550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Oland	Redwood
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	9 February 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$69
Place in performance rating	1236	918
Price now	$49.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	24.92
Technical info
Boost clock speed	780 MHz
Floating-point performance	499.2 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	320	320
Stream Processors	320
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	39 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	627 million
Core clock speed		550 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A	None
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync