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).
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon HD 5550 | ATI Radeon HD 4200 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 2 | RV6xx |
Code name | Redwood | RV620 |
Launch date | 9 February 2010 | 10 September 2009 |
Place in performance rating | 897 | 898 |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
Length | 165 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 10.1 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | |
Memory |
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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 |
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HDCP support | ||
PCI-E 2.0 |