AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon HD 5550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition 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: 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

ATI Radeon HD 5550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 550 MHz
12.4x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 320
9.9x better floating-point performance: 3,482 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 70% higher memory clock speed: 5448 MHz vs 3200 MHz

Launch date	23 November 2014 vs 9 February 2010
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5448 MHz vs 3200 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

6.4x lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5550

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition	ATI Radeon HD 5550
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	71.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1285.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	75.347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	321.767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2852
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	125.7
PassMark - G3D Mark		377
PassMark - G2D Mark		185

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition	ATI Radeon HD 5550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Amethyst	Redwood
Launch date	23 November 2014	9 February 2010
Place in performance rating	897	890
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2048	320
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	39 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		165 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	174.3 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5448 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5