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Radeon HD 4550 512MB vs Radeon R9 M395X

Intro

The Radeon HD 4550 512MB makes use of a 55 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 600 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a frequency of 800 MHz on this particular card. It features 80(16x5) SPUs along with 8 Texture Address Units and 4 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M395X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 723 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1250 MHz on this model. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4550 512MB 25 Watts
Radeon R9 M395X 125 Watts
Difference: 100 Watts (400%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 M395X should be 1150% quicker than the Radeon HD 4550 512MB overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R9 M395X 160000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4550 512MB 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 147200 (1150%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M395X is quite a bit (more or less 1828%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 4550 512MB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M395X 92544 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4550 512MB 4800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 87744 (1828%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M395X should be much (about 864%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon HD 4550 512MB, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 M395X 23136 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4550 512MB 2400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 20736 (864%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

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Model Radeon HD 4550 512MB Radeon R9 M395X
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year Sep 30, 2008 2015
Code Name RV710 Tonga
Memory 512 MB 4096 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz 723 MHz
Memory Speed 1600 MHz 5000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 25 watts 125 watts
Bandwidth 12800 MB/sec 160000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 4800 Mtexels/sec 92544 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 2400 Mpixels/sec 23136 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 80(16x5) 2048
Texture Mapping Units 8 128
Render Output Units 4 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 64-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 28 nm
Transistors 242 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.3

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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Radeon HD 4550 512MB

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Radeon R9 M395X

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