ATI Radeon HD 5570 vs AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5570 and AMD Radeon HD 6550A 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 5570

AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5570

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 550 MHz

Launch date	11 October 2011 vs 7 February 2011
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 550 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 480 vs 400
Around 20% better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 520.0 gflops
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 39 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 708 vs 478
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 609 vs 198

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 400
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops vs 520.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 39 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	708 vs 478
PassMark - G2D Mark	609 vs 198

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5570
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6550A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

478

708

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

198

609

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5570	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
PassMark - G3D Mark	478	708
PassMark - G2D Mark	198	609
Geekbench - OpenCL	1370
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	235.572
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.454
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	11.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	49.016
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1883
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1883
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5570	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Turks	Pinewood
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	11 October 2011	7 February 2011
Place in performance rating	1369	245
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	650 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops	624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	400	480
Texture fill rate	13 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity