AMD Radeon RX 640 vs ATI Radeon HD 5550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 640

ATI Radeon HD 5550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 97% higher core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 550 MHz
4429.5x more texture fill rate: 38.98 GTexel/s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 512 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 185
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1952 vs 377

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 May 2019 vs 9 February 2010
Core clock speed	1082 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	340 vs 185
PassMark - G3D Mark	1952 vs 377

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 83% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

340

185

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1952

377

Name	AMD Radeon RX 640	ATI Radeon HD 5550
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3278
Geekbench - OpenCL	10390
PassMark - G2D Mark	340	185
PassMark - G3D Mark	1952	377

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 640	ATI Radeon HD 5550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Arctic Islands	Redwood
Launch date	13 May 2019	9 February 2010
Place in performance rating	810	890
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1218 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	77.95 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1247 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1247 GFLOPS
Pipelines	512	320
Pixel fill rate	19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	39 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	627 million
Floating-point performance		352.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7 inches (145 mm)	165 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)