ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 vs ATI Radeon HD 2400

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 and ATI Radeon HD 2400 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

ATI Radeon HD 2400

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 398 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 4.4 GTexel / s vs 1.592 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 80 vs 40
2.8x better floating-point performance: 88 gflops vs 31.84 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 990 MHz
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 191 vs 121
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 782 vs 635
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 782 vs 635

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2010 vs 19 February 2008
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 398 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s vs 1.592 GTexel / s
Pipelines	80 vs 40
Floating-point performance	88 gflops vs 31.84 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	191 vs 121
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	782 vs 635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	782 vs 635

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2400

Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 298 vs 290

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	298 vs 290

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

191

121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

290

298

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

635

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

635

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550	ATI Radeon HD 2400
PassMark - G3D Mark	191	121
PassMark - G2D Mark	290	298
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	782	635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	782	635

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550	ATI Radeon HD 2400
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	M92	RV610
Launch date	1 January 2010	19 February 2008
Place in performance rating	1051	1054
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	398 MHz
Floating-point performance	88 gflops	31.84 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	80	40
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	1.592 GTexel / s
Transistor count	242 million	180 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		20 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	7.92 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay