Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310) vs Radeon HD 5550

Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 11 Jun 2014
Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
Radeon HD 5550
Memory: 512Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 9 Feb 2010
Radeon HD 5550

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 5550

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon HD 5550

HWBench recommends Radeon HD 5550

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)Radeon HD 5550
GPU NameMullins ()vsRedwood (Redwood PRO2)
Fab Process28 nmvs40 nm
Die Size0 mm²vs104 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs627 million
Shaders128vs320
Compute Units2vs4
Core clock800 MHzvs550 MHz
ROPs4vs8
TMUs8vs16

Memory Configuration

Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)Radeon HD 5550
Memory TypeSystem SharedvsGDDR5
Bus WidthSystem Sharedvs128 bit
Memory SpeedSystem Sharedvs800 MHz
3200 MHz effective
Memory Size0 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)Radeon HD 5550
TDP15 wattsvs39 watts
Release Date11 Jun 2014vs9 Feb 2010

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
    3.20 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 5550
    4.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
    6.40 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 5550
    8.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
    0.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 5550
    51.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon R4 Graphics IGP (APU A6-6310)
    204.80 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 5550
    352.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better