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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

ATI Radeon HD 4550

9%
9%

AMD Radeon HD 6950

1158%
1158%
AMD Radeon HD 6950 is approximately 1149% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationATI Radeon HD 4550AMD Radeon HD 6950
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
RV710
Cayman
CoresDifferent
80
1408
TMUsDifferent
8
88
ROPsDifferent
4
32
Memory SizeDifferent
256 MB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
DDR2
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
64 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4550AMD Radeon HD 6950
GPU NameDifferent
RV710
Cayman
GPU VariantDifferent
RV710 HD4550(215-0725003)
Cayman PRO(215-0807019)
ArchitectureDifferent
TeraScale
TeraScale 3
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
55 nm
40 nm
TransistorsDifferent
242 million
2,640 million
DensityDifferent
3.3M / mm²
6.8M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
73 mm²
389 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
FCBGA-631
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4550AMD Radeon HD 6950
Release DateDifferent
Sep 30th, 2008
Dec 14th, 2010
GenerationDifferent
Radeon R700(HD 4500)
Northern Islands(HD 6900)
PredecessorDifferent
Radeon R600
Evergreen
SuccessorDifferent
Evergreen
Southern Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
59 USD
299 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
18 in our database
111 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4550AMD Radeon HD 6950
GPU ClockDifferent
600 MHz
800 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
655 MHz1310 Mbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4550AMD Radeon HD 6950
Memory SizeDifferent
256 MB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
DDR2
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
64 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
10.48 GB/s
160.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4550AMD Radeon HD 6950
Shading UnitsDifferent
80
1408
TMUsDifferent
8
88
ROPsDifferent
4
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
1
22
L1 CacheDifferent
16 KB (per CU)
8 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
64 KB
512 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4550AMD Radeon HD 6950
Pixel RateDifferent
2.400 GPixel/s
25.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
4.800 GTexel/s
70.40 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
96.00 GFLOPS
2.253 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
N/A
563.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4550AMD Radeon HD 6950
Slot WidthDifferent
Single-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
168 mm6.6 inches
286 mm11.3 inches
TDPDifferent
25 W
200 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
200 W
550 W
OutputsDifferent
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x DisplayPort 1.0
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
None
2x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
AB711, 109-B72531-00C, B889, B890, B947
109-C21647-00
HeightDifferent
N/A
126 mm5 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
42 mm1.7 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4550AMD Radeon HD 6950
DirectXDifferent
10.1 (10_1)
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGLDifferent
3.3
4.4
OpenCLDifferent
1.1
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
4.1
5.0

Comparison Summary

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