ATI Radeon HD 4700 vs ATI Radeon HD 5550

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4700 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 4700

ATI Radeon HD 5550

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4700

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 352.0 gflops

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops vs 352.0 gflops

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 50 Watt
4x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4700
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5550

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4700	ATI Radeon HD 5550
PassMark - G3D Mark		377
PassMark - G2D Mark		185

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4700	ATI Radeon HD 5550
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale 2
Code name	RV730	Redwood
Launch date	11 February 2010	9 February 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	897
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	320	320
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	39 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	193 mm	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	3.3	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR5