AMD Radeon R9 290 vs ATI Radeon HD 5550
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- Around 72% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 550 MHz
- 17.2x more texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
- 8x more pipelines: 2560 vs 320
- 13.8x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 3200 MHz
- 22.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8315 vs 377
- 4.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 185
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 5 November 2013 vs 9 February 2010 |
Core clock speed | 947 MHz vs 550 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 151.5 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 2560 vs 320 |
Floating-point performance | 4,849 gflops vs 352.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 3200 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 8315 vs 377 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 774 vs 185 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550
- 7.1x lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 275 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 39 Watt vs 275 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5550
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 290 | ATI Radeon HD 5550 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 8315 | 377 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 774 | 185 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 102277 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 89.325 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1366.314 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 10.034 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 98.765 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 540.645 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6300 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3711 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3354 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6300 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3711 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3354 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3684 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon R9 290 | ATI Radeon HD 5550 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 2.0 | TeraScale 2 |
Code name | Hawaii | Redwood |
Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
Launch date | 5 November 2013 | 9 February 2010 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
Place in performance rating | 349 | 899 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 947 MHz | 550 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 4,849 gflops | 352.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 2560 | 320 |
Texture fill rate | 151.5 GTexel / s | 8.8 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 275 Watt | 39 Watt |
Transistor count | 6,200 million | 627 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 275 mm | 165 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 11.2 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
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Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 320.0 GB / s | 51.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 512 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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LiquidVR | ||
TressFX | ||
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Unified Video Decoder (UVD) |