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).

 

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 897 899
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