Radeon HD 4830 vs Radeon HD 6550A

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 4830 and Radeon HD 6550A, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon HD 4830 stacks up against Radeon HD 6550A, check out specs charts below.
Radeon HD 4830
Radeon HD 6550A

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 4830 Radeon HD 6550A
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs
 
  • Radeon HD 4830 has 171% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Radeon HD 4830 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6550A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon HD 4830 has 510 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 4830 is build with TeraScale architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4830 is 25 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Radeon HD 4830 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4830 is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 0−1
ultra / 1080p 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 10−12 1−2
medium / 1080p 2−3 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4830 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1000% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 4830 Radeon HD 6550A
Architecture TeraScale TeraScale 2
Code name RV770 Pinewood
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 21 October 2008 7 February 2011
Pipelines 640 480
Core clock speed 575 MHz 550 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 627 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 18.40 13.20
Floating-point performance 736.0 gflops 624.0 gflops
Length 246 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.1 5.0
OpenGL 3.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A