ATI Radeon HD 5550 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5550 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT 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 Radeon HD 5550

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 62% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 120
2.2x better floating-point performance: 352.0 gflops vs 163.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 377 vs 192

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 February 2010 vs 14 May 2007
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 120
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops vs 163.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	377 vs 192

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 329 vs 185

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	329 vs 185

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5550
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

377

192

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

185

329

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5550	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	377	192
PassMark - G2D Mark	185	329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1503
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1503

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5550	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Redwood	M76
Launch date	9 February 2010	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	890	902
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	680 MHz
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops	163.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	320	120
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	5.44 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	24 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0