ATI Radeon HD 4870 vs ATI Radeon X550

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4870 and ATI Radeon X550 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4870

ATI Radeon X550

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 400 MHz
18.8x more texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
7.2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 500 MHz
27.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1386 vs 51

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 June 2008 vs 1 July 2005
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1386 vs 51

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550

6.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 266 vs 43

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	266 vs 43

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4870
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1386

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

266

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4870	ATI Radeon X550
PassMark - G3D Mark	1386	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	43	266
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4870	ATI Radeon X550
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 9
Code name	RV770	RV370
Launch date	25 June 2008	1 July 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	1329	670
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR