AMD Radeon RX 550 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 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 RX 550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 89% higher texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2714 vs 763
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 403
  • 4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 33.507 vs 7.457
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1037.305 vs 512.081
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4485 vs 1643
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4485 vs 1643
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2714 vs 763
PassMark - G2D Mark 488 vs 403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507 vs 7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 vs 512.081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 vs 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 vs 1643

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

  • Around 56% higher pipelines: 800 vs 512
  • 666.7x better floating-point performance: 800.0 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3314 vs 940
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 2158
  • 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3314 vs 940
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 2158
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 800 vs 512
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3314 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3314 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 2158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2714
763
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
488
403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.507
7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1037.305
512.081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3356
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark 2714 763
PassMark - G2D Mark 488 403
Geekbench - OpenCL 11719
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507 7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 512.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 940 3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2158 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940 3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2158 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1199

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Lexa Broadway
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 7 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Place in performance rating 850 847
Price now $75
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 59.51

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 512 800
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s 20 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 30 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
HDMI 1.3a