ATI Radeon HD 5550 vs ATI Mobility HD 4550

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 4550 with Radeon HD 5550, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 4550
2010
512 MB GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
0.30

ATI HD 5550 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 4550 by a whopping 180% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking13081130
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.71
ArchitectureTerascale 1 (2010)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameM92Redwood
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 January 2010 (15 years ago)9 February 2010 (15 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 cores80320
Core clock speed550 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors242 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data39 Watt
Texture fill rate4.4008.800
Floating-point processing power0.088 TFLOPS0.352 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs816

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).

InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data165 mm
Widthno data1-slot
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 typeGDDR3, DDR2, DDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth11.2 GB/s51.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCL1.11.2
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 HD10
−170%
27−30
+170%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Valorant 24−27
−169%
70−75
+169%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 14−16
−150%
35−40
+150%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Dota 2 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Valorant 24−27
−169%
70−75
+169%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Dota 2 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Valorant 24−27
−169%
70−75
+169%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 0−1 0−1

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−167%
40−45
+167%
Valorant 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4550 and ATI HD 5550 compete in popular games:

  • ATI HD 5550 is 170% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.30 0.84
Recency 1 January 2010 9 February 2010
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm

ATI HD 5550 has a 180% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 month, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 5550 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4550 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4550 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 5550 is a desktop one.

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