AMD Radeon RX 550 vs ATI Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and ATI 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) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 52% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 63% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 151 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2690 vs 1966
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 476 vs 411
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 33.507 vs 16.467
  • Around 99% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.064 vs 1.541
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.533 vs 42.08
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4485 vs 3806
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4485 vs 3806
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 30 September 2009
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed 1183 MHz vs 725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 151 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2690 vs 1966
PassMark - G2D Mark 476 vs 411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507 vs 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064 vs 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533 vs 42.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 vs 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 vs 3806

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

  • Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 52.2 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
  • 2.8x more pipelines: 1440 vs 512
  • 1740x better floating-point performance: 2,088.0 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33977 vs 11610
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1109.612 vs 1037.305
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 940
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2158
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 940
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2158
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 52.2 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1440 vs 512
Floating-point performance 2,088.0 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 33977 vs 11610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1109.612 vs 1037.305
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 2158

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2690
1966
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
476
411
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11610
33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.507
16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1037.305
1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.064
1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.533
42.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3358
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 ATI Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark 2690 1966
PassMark - G2D Mark 476 411
Geekbench - OpenCL 11610 33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533 42.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 940 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2158 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2158 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 127 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 ATI Radeon HD 5850

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Lexa Cypress
Design Radeon RX 500 Series ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 30 September 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $79 $299
Place in performance rating 876 751
Price now $75
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 59.51

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz 725 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 512 1440
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s 52.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 2,154 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm 241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 11
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

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)