ATI Radeon HD 5550
VS
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
ATI Radeon HD 5550
VS
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards ATI Radeon HD 5550 and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

923
Place in performance rating
78
1.89
Value for money (0-100)
59.14
TeraScale 2
Architecture
RDNA 1.0
Redwood
Code name
Navi 10
Desktop
Type
Desktop
9 February 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
21 January 2020 (1 year ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$279
$129
Price now
$964 (3.5x MSRP)
0.07
Value for money
23.68
Redwood
GPU code name
Navi 10
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between ATI Radeon HD 5550 and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

320
Pipelines
2304
550 MHz
Core clock speed
1235 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
1560 MHz
627 million
Transistor count
10,300 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
39 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
8.800
Texture fill rate
224.6
352.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
320
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
no data
Boost clock speed
1750 MHz
627 million
Number of transistors
10,300 million
39 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the ATI Radeon HD 5550 and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
165 mm
Length
267 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics ATI Radeon HD 5550 and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
3200 MHz
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
51.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
288.0 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards ATI Radeon HD 5550 and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
HDMI
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is ATI Radeon HD 5550 and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for ATI Radeon HD 5550 and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the ATI Radeon HD 5550 or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) ATI Radeon HD 5550
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 172 114 96 75 54 28
Death Stranding (2020) ATI Radeon HD 5550
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 195 128 118 115 82 42
F1 2020 (2020) ATI Radeon HD 5550
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 340 248 207 138 101 58
Gears Tactics (2020) ATI Radeon HD 5550
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 342.4 189.9 132.5 88 60.4 30.7
Doom Eternal (2020) ATI Radeon HD 5550
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 243 179 158 148 97.3 37.9
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 5550

Cheaper ($129 vs $964 (3.5x MSRP))

Less power consumption (39 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 6 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

60.63% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2304 vs 320)

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 40 nm)

More memory bandwidth (288.0 GB/s vs 51.2 GB/s)

So, ATI Radeon HD 5550 or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT .

ATI Radeon HD 5550 versus AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT performance benchmarks comparison

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