ATI Radeon HD 5550 vs HD Graphics 400

Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 400 and Radeon HD 5550, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD Graphics 400
2015
8 GB DDR3L, 6 Watt
1.13
+16.5%

HD Graphics 400 outperforms ATI HD 5550 by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking10701107
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.041.72
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameBraswell GT1Redwood
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)9 February 2010 (14 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 cores96320
Core clock speed320 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed640 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt39 Watt
Texture fill rate7.6808.800
Floating-point processing power0.1229 TFLOPS0.352 TFLOPS
ROPs28
TMUs1216

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 3.0 x1PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data165 mm
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3LGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data51.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.34.4
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.1.80N/A

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.13 0.97
Recency 1 April 2015 9 February 2010
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 39 Watt

HD Graphics 400 has a 16.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 550% lower power consumption.

The HD Graphics 400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5550 in performance tests.


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