GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB vs ATI Radeon HD 4550

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1200not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.70no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameRV710TU102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date30 September 2008 (16 years ago)12 October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores804608
Core clock speed600 MHz1350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1635 MHz
Number of transistors242 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate4.800470.9
Floating-point processing power0.096 TFLOPS15.07 TFLOPS
ROPs496
TMUs8288
Tensor Coresno data576
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length168 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed655 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.48 GB/s768.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
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API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.8
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2008 12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 250 Watt

ATI HD 4550 has 900% lower power consumption.

RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 358.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4550 and GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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