Radeon R5 220 OEM vs ATI HD 4550

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1198not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.69no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameRV710Cedar
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date30 September 2008 (16 years ago)21 December 2013 (10 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 cores8080
Core clock speed600 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors242 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate4.8005.200
Floating-point processing power0.096 TFLOPS0.104 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88

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 2.0 x16
Length168 mm168 mm
Width1-slot1-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 typeDDR2DDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed655 MHz533 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.48 GB/s8.528 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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI++

API 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

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2008 21 December 2013
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 19 Watt

R5 220 OEM has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 31.6% lower power consumption.

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