Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 5550 vs Radeon HD 6490
AMD
Radeon HD 5550
512 Mb GDDR5
Released 9 Feb 2010
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon HD 6490
1024 Mb DDR2
Released 4 Jul 2011
DESKTOP
Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 5550
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 6490
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 5550 | Radeon HD 6490 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Redwood (Redwood PRO2) | Redwood (Redwood LE) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 104 mm² | 104 mm² |
| Transistors | 627 million | 627 million |
| Shaders | 320 | 320 |
| Compute Units | 4 | 4 |
| Core clock | 550 MHz | 550 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 5550 | Radeon HD 6490 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | DDR2 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
3200 MHz effective | 500 MHz
1000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 5550 | Radeon HD 6490 |
|---|
| TDP | 39 watts | 39 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Feb 2010 | 4 Jul 2011 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 55504.40 GP/s
- Radeon HD 64904.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 55508.80 GT/s
- Radeon HD 64908.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 555051.20 GB/s
- Radeon HD 649016.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 5550352.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 6490352.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better