ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 vs FirePro V5900

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro V5900 with Mobility Radeon HD 4550, including specs and performance data.


FirePro V5900
2011
2 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
2.95
+743%

V5900 outperforms Mobility HD 4550 by a whopping 743% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking8181352
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.03no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Terascale 1 (2010)
GPU code nameCaymanM92
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date24 May 2011 (14 years ago)1 January 2010 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores51280
Core clock speed600 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 million242 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate19.204.400
Floating-point processing power0.6144 TFLOPS0.088 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs328
L1 Cache128 KBno data
L2 Cache512 KBno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-II
Length230 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s11.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x DVINo outputs

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.04.1
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD80−85
+700%
10
−700%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Valorant 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Dota 2 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Valorant 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Dota 2 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Valorant 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 0−1 0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

This is how FirePro V5900 and ATI Mobility HD 4550 compete in popular games:

  • FirePro V5900 is 700% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 27 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.95 0.35
Recency 24 May 2011 1 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm

FirePro V5900 has a 743% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 38% more advanced lithography process.

The FirePro V5900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4550 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro V5900 is a workstation graphics card while Mobility Radeon HD 4550 is a notebook one.

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