Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs ATI HD 5550

Place in the ranking	1119	192
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	Redwood	Vega 10
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	9 February 2010 (14 years ago)	19 March 2019 (5 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	320	3072
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1200 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1300 MHz
Number of transistors	627 million	12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	39 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	8.800	249.6
Floating-point processing power	0.352 gflops	7.987 gflops

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	165 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1572 MHz
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	402.4 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.125

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.

ATI HD 5550 0.97

Pro Vega 48 29.29
+2920%

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.

ATI HD 5550 376

Pro Vega 48 11299
+2905%

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	0.97	29.29
Recency	9 February 2010	19 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm

Pro Vega 48 has a 2919.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro Vega 48 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5550 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 5550 is a desktop card while Radeon Pro Vega 48 is a mobile workstation one.

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