AMD Radeon HD 8550G IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Devastator Lite | 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 | — | N11P-GE-A1 |
Integrated Graphics
| Release date | May 23rd, 2013 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Richland (HD 8000 Mobile) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | IGP | — |
| Predecessor | Trinity | — |
| Successor | Mullins | — |
Clocks
| Base clock | 515 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 660 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | System Shared | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| GPU clock | — | 500 MHz |
| Shader clock | — | 1000 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | System Shared | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | System Shared | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | System Dependent | 25.60 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 | 5.280 GPixel/s | 2.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 10.56 GTexel/s | 8.000 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 337.9 GFLOPS | 192.0 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 16.00 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | IGP | — |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 35 W | 23 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 | — | Sep 3rd, 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 400M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 300M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 500M |
