ATI Radeon HD 5550 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5550 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- Around 10% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
- 2.9x more pipelines: 320 vs 112
- Around 26% better floating-point performance: 352.0 gflops vs 280 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
- Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 75 Watt
- 2x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 185 vs 89
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 9 February 2010 vs 15 July 2008 |
Core clock speed | 550 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Pipelines | 320 vs 112 |
Floating-point performance | 352.0 gflops vs 280 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 65 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 39 Watt vs 75 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 185 vs 89 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX
- 3.2x more texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 454 vs 377
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 28 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 454 vs 377 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon HD 5550 | NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 377 | 454 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 185 | 89 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon HD 5550 | NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
Code name | Redwood | G92 |
Launch date | 9 February 2010 | 15 July 2008 |
Place in performance rating | 899 | 1349 |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $328.50 | |
Price now | $328.50 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 2.78 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 500 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 352.0 gflops | 280 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 320 | 112 |
Texture fill rate | 8.8 GTexel / s | 28 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 39 Watt | 75 Watt |
Transistor count | 627 million | 754 million |
CUDA cores per GPU | 112 | |
Gigaflops | 420 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 165 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB / s | 51.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 3200 MHz | 1600 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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