AMD Radeon HD 7550M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Thames | G92 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Thames LP | NB8E-GTX-A2 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 754 million |
| Die size | 104 mm² | 324 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jan 7th, 2012 | Nov 1st, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | London (HD 7500M) | GeForce 8M (8000M) |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-HE |
| Predecessor | Vancouver | GeForce Go 7 |
| Successor | Solar System | GeForce 9M |
Clocks
| Base clock | 450 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 550 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| GPU clock | — | 500 MHz |
| Shader clock | — | 1250 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 14.40 GB/s | 51.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 400 | 96 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 20 | 48 |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| Compute units | 5 | — |
| SM count | — | 12 |
| Cache L2 | — | 64 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 4.400 GPixel/s | 8.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 11.00 GTexel/s | 24.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 440.0 GFLOPS | 240.0 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 14 W | 65 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
| Slot width | — | MXM Module |
| Power connectors | — | None |
| Board number | — | P398 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
