Radeon HD 4550 vs Radeon HD 6290
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4550 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6290 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 4550 | | Radeon HD 6290 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV710 () | vs | Cedar (Cedar LE) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 73 mm² | vs | 59 mm² |
| Transistors | 242 million | vs | 292 million |
| Shaders | 80 | vs | 80 |
| Compute Units | 1 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 600 MHz | vs | 650 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 4550 | | Radeon HD 6290 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR2 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 655 MHz
1310 MHz effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 256 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4550 | | Radeon HD 6290 | |
|---|
| TDP | 25 watts | vs | 19 watts |
| Release Date | 30 Sep 2008 | vs | 4 Dec 2011 |
Radeon HD 4550
2.40 GP/s
Radeon HD 6290
2.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4550
4.80 GT/s
Radeon HD 6290
5.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4550
10.50 GB/s
Radeon HD 6290
12.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 4550
96.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 6290
104.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better