GeForce RTX 3090 Ti vs ATI Radeon HD 5550
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 5550 and GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RTX 3090 Ti outperforms HD 5550 by a whopping 7549% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1170 | 22 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 18.52 |
| Power efficiency | 1.81 | 11.98 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Redwood | GA102 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 9 February 2010 (15 years ago) | 27 January 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | 320 | 10752 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 1560 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1860 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 627 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 39 Watt | 450 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 8.800 | 625.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.352 TFLOPS | 40 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 112 |
| TMUs | 16 | 336 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 336 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 84 |
| L1 Cache | 32 KB | 10.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 6 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 165 mm | 336 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 3-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 16-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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1313 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | 1,008 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
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 HD | 2−3
−10400%
| 210
+10400%
|
| 1440p | 1−2
−14100%
| 142
+14100%
|
| 4K | 1−2
−10000%
| 101
+10000%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | no data | 9.52 |
| 1440p | no data | 14.08 |
| 4K | no data | 19.79 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350
+0%
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300−350
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 219
+0%
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219
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 180−190
+0%
|
180−190
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 201
+0%
|
201
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 200−210
+0%
|
200−210
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 280−290
+0%
|
280−290
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 200
+0%
|
200
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Valorant | 400−450
+0%
|
400−450
+0%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 180−190
+0%
|
180−190
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 270−280
+0%
|
270−280
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 173
+0%
|
173
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 217
+0%
|
217
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 200−210
+0%
|
200−210
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 280−290
+0%
|
280−290
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 188
+0%
|
188
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 170
+0%
|
170
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 178
+0%
|
178
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 394
+0%
|
394
+0%
|
| Valorant | 400−450
+0%
|
400−450
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 180−190
+0%
|
180−190
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 152
+0%
|
152
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 195
+0%
|
195
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 200−210
+0%
|
200−210
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 280−290
+0%
|
280−290
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 193
+0%
|
193
+0%
|
| Valorant | 400−450
+0%
|
400−450
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 220−230
+0%
|
220−230
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 500−550
+0%
|
500−550
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 151
+0%
|
151
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 125
+0%
|
125
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Valorant | 450−500
+0%
|
450−500
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 180−190
+0%
|
180−190
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 104
+0%
|
104
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 180−190
+0%
|
180−190
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 250−260
+0%
|
250−260
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 150−160
+0%
|
150−160
+0%
|
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 100−105
+0%
|
100−105
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 181
+0%
|
181
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 84
+0%
|
84
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 173
+0%
|
173
+0%
|
| Valorant | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 100−105
+0%
|
100−105
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 53
+0%
|
53
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 184
+0%
|
184
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 120−130
+0%
|
120−130
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 200−210
+0%
|
200−210
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
This is how ATI HD 5550 and RTX 3090 Ti compete in popular games:
- RTX 3090 Ti is 10400% faster in 1080p
- RTX 3090 Ti is 14100% faster in 1440p
- RTX 3090 Ti is 10000% faster in 4K
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 66 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.87 | 66.55 |
| Recency | 9 February 2010 | 27 January 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 39 Watt | 450 Watt |
ATI HD 5550 has 1053.8% lower power consumption.
RTX 3090 Ti, on the other hand, has a 7549.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5550 in performance tests.
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