AMD Radeon HD 7550M videocard review

Radeon HD 7550M videocard released by AMD; release date: 7 January 2012. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Thames.

Core clock speed - 450 MHz. Boost clock speed - 550 MHz. Texture fill rate - 12 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 400. Floating-point performance - 480.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 716 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 14 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5 / DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 28.8 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38534

465

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

403

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345391

5371

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	465
PassMark - G2D Mark	403
Geekbench - OpenCL	5371

Games performance

1. Counter-Strike: GO (2012)
2. BioShock Infinite (2013)
3. StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)
4. SimCity (2013)
5. Tomb Raider (2013)
6. Crysis 3 (2013)
7. Hitman: Absolution (2012)

8. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)
9. Borderlands 2 (2012)
10. Dirt Showdown (2012)
11. Diablo III (2012)
12. Mass Effect 3 (2012)
13. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
14. Battlefield 3 (2011)

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x768	133.30
Medium, 1366x768	75.00
High, 1366x768	56.90

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720	40.70
Medium, 1366x768	20.40
High, 1366x768	16.60

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Low, 1024x768	189.60
Medium, 1366x768	39.30
High, 1366x768	19.80

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x768	38.70
Medium, 1366x768	15.90
High, 1366x768	11.60

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768	50.90
Medium, 1366x768	23.80
High, 1366x768	14.40

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	19.70
Medium, 1366x768	11.70
High, 1366x768	7.50

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x768	30.40
Medium, 1366x768	18.40
High, 1366x768	7.30

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768	47.20
Medium, 1366x768	30.40
High, 1366x768	13.90

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768	30.30
Medium, 1366x768	23.20
High, 1366x768	16.60

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x768	65.40
Medium, 1366x768	39.60
High, 1366x768	25.90

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768	58.10
Medium, 1366x768	38.10
High, 1366x768	30.60

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x720	29.50
High, 1366x768	21.80

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x720	33.35
Medium, 1366x768	21.85
High, 1366x768	14.65

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768	24.90
Medium, 1366x768	16.40
High, 1366x768	12.40

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2
Code name	Thames
Launch date	7 January 2012
Place in performance rating	561
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	550 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	400
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt
Transistor count	716 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5 / DDR3
Shared memory	0