ATI Radeon HD 4855 vs HD Graphics 5500

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking974not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.02no data
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameBroadwell GT2RV770
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 September 2014 (10 years ago)3 January 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 cores192640
Core clock speed300 MHz575 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,300 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt110 Watt
Texture fill rate20.4018.40
Floating-point processing power0.3264 TFLOPS0.736 TFLOPS
ROPs316
TMUs2432

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data220 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data115.2 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL3.01.1
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 September 2014 3 January 2010
Chip lithography 14 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 110 Watt

HD Graphics 5500 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 292.9% more advanced lithography process, and 633.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 5500 and Radeon HD 4855. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 5500 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4855 is a desktop one.


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