AMD Radeon R9 M470 vs ATI Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M470

ATI Radeon HD 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 600 MHz
10x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
9.6x more pipelines: 768 vs 80
16x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
4.6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1310 MHz
9.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2331 vs 236
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1674 vs 558
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1674 vs 558

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 30 September 2008
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 80
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1310 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331 vs 236
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674 vs 558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674 vs 558

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4550

Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 429 vs 307

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	429 vs 307

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2331

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

429

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

558

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

558

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470	ATI Radeon HD 4550
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	429
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674	558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674	558

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470	ATI Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Strato	RV710
Launch date	15 May 2016	30 September 2008
Place in performance rating	760	767
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	768	80
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	242 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	10.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1310 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
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