ATI Radeon HD 5550 vs GeForce 8800 GS

Place in the ranking	1131	1113
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.57	1.73
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	G92	Redwood
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	31 January 2008 (16 years ago)	9 February 2010 (14 years ago)

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	96	320
Core clock speed	550 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	627 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	39 Watt
Texture fill rate	26.40	8.800
Floating-point processing power	0.264 TFLOPS	0.352 TFLOPS
ROPs	12	8
TMUs	48	16

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 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	165 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	51.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.0
OpenGL	3.3	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

8800 GS 0.86

ATI HD 5550 0.97
+12.8%

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.

8800 GS 330

ATI HD 5550 376
+13.9%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.86	0.97
Recency	31 January 2008	9 February 2010
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	39 Watt

ATI HD 5550 has a 12.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 169.2% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 5550 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800 GS in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.