AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Scrapper | GF108 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 | Fermi |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 32 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 585 million |
| Die size | 246 mm² | 116 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | N12P-GT1-A1 |
Integrated Graphics
| Release date | May 23rd, 2013 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Richland (HD 8000) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | IGP | — |
| Predecessor | Trinity | — |
| Successor | Kabini | — |
Clocks
| Base clock | 720 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 844 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | System Shared | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective |
| GPU clock | — | 740 MHz |
| Shader clock | — | 1480 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | System Shared | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | System Shared | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | System Dependent | 28.80 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 256 | 96 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| Compute units | 4 | — |
| SM count | — | 2 |
| Cache L1 | — | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 256 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 6.752 GPixel/s | 2.960 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 13.50 GTexel/s | 11.84 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 432.1 GFLOPS | 284.2 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 23.68 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | IGP | — |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 35 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 2.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Jan 5th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 500M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 400M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 600M |
