ATI Radeon HD 5550 vs ATI Radeon HD 4200

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5550 and ATI Radeon HD 4200 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 Radeon HD 4200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
8x more pipelines: 320 vs 40
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 377 vs 112

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 February 2010 vs 10 September 2009
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	320 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	377 vs 112

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4200

2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 372 vs 185

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	372 vs 185

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5550
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

377

112

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

185

372

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5550	ATI Radeon HD 4200
PassMark - G3D Mark	377	112
PassMark - G2D Mark	185	372
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		485

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5550	ATI Radeon HD 4200
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	RV6xx
Code name	Redwood	RV620
Launch date	9 February 2010	10 September 2009
Place in performance rating	918	919
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	320	40
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt
Transistor count	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0