GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile vs Radeon HD 4550

Aggregated performance score

ATI HD 4550
2008
256 MB DDR2
0.61

GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 4550 by 6738% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking115986
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameRV710GN20-E7 GA104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date30 September 2008 (15 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59 no data
Current price$116 (2x MSRP)no data

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores806144
Core clock speed600 MHz780 - 1100 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1245 - 1710 MHz
Number of transistors242 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate4.800296.6
Floating-point performance96 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 4550 and GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

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 MB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1310 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.48 GB/s384.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.5
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDAno data8.6

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 HD1−2
−12200%
123
+12200%
1440p1−2
−7900%
80
+7900%
4K0−151

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.61 41.71
Recency 30 September 2008 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 150 Watt

The GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4550 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4550 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile is a notebook one.


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