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).

 

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 1047 1050
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