ATI Radeon HD 5550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 5550

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
7.4x lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 289 Watt
3.2x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 999 MHz
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 185 vs 96

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 February 2010 vs 8 January 2009
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt vs 289 Watt
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	185 vs 96

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

2.3x more core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 550 MHz
10.5x more texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 2x 240 vs 320
3.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 596.2 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
3.5x more maximum memory size: 1792 MB vs 512 MB
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1201 vs 377

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 240 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2x 596.2 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	1792 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1201 vs 377

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

377

1201

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

185

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5550	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
PassMark - G3D Mark	377	1201
PassMark - G2D Mark	185	96
Geekbench - OpenCL		21048
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3107

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5550	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Redwood	GT200B
Launch date	9 February 2010	8 January 2009
Place in performance rating	918	920
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$500
Price now		$159.99
Value for money (0-100)		8.53
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1242 MHz
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops	2x 596.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	320	2x 240
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	92.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt	289 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		480
CUDA cores per GPU		240
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIHDMI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	165 mm	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin & 8-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		Quad
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1792 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	223.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	896 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	999 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Memory interface width per GPU		448 Bit
Standard memory config per GPU		896 MB
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit
SLI