Radeon RX Vega 2 vs ATI HD 4550

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1195not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.70no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameRV710Vega Raven Ridge
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date30 September 2008 (16 years ago)7 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores80128
Core clock speed600 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1100 MHz
Number of transistors242 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate4.800no data
Floating-point processing power0.096 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR2no data
Maximum RAM amount256 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed655 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth10.48 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12_1
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2008 7 January 2018
Chip lithography 55 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

RX Vega 2 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 358.3% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4550 and Radeon RX Vega 2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4550 is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 2 is a notebook one.


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