ATI Radeon HD 5850 vs ATI Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5850 and ATI Radeon HD 4550 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

ATI Radeon HD 5850

ATI Radeon HD 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 600 MHz
10.9x more texture fill rate: 52.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
18x more pipelines: 1440 vs 80
21.8x better floating-point performance: 2,088.0 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1310 MHz
8.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1972 vs 236
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 558
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 558

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 September 2009 vs 30 September 2008
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1440 vs 80
Floating-point performance	2,088.0 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1310 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972 vs 236
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 558

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4550

6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 151 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 429 vs 401

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 151 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	429 vs 401

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5850
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

401

429

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

558

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

558

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5850	ATI Radeon HD 4550
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	401	429
Geekbench - OpenCL	33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	42.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	558
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	558
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5850	ATI Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Cypress	RV710
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	30 September 2009	30 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$59
Place in performance rating	766	768
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,088.0 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1440	80
Texture fill rate	52.2 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	10.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1310 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity