ATI Radeon HD 5550 vs ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5550 and ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 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 5550

ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3.4x more texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 320 vs 40
6.8x better floating-point performance: 352.0 gflops vs 52 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
3.2x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 377 vs 119

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 February 2010 vs 28 June 2007
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 40
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops vs 52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	377 vs 119

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 39 Watt
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 357 vs 185

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 550 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 39 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	357 vs 185

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5550
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

377

119

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

185

357

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5550	ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	377	119
PassMark - G2D Mark	185	357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		617

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5550	ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Redwood	RV610
Launch date	9 February 2010	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	890	909
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops	52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	320	40
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	2.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	180 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3