AMD Radeon HD 7550M videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 7550M

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
38588
465
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
403
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
5371
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 465
PassMark - G2D Mark 403
Geekbench - OpenCL 5371

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x768133.30
Medium, 1366x76875.00
High, 1366x76856.90

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x72040.70
Medium, 1366x76820.40
High, 1366x76816.60

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Low, 1024x768189.60
Medium, 1366x76839.30
High, 1366x76819.80

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x76838.70
Medium, 1366x76815.90
High, 1366x76811.60

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x76850.90
Medium, 1366x76823.80
High, 1366x76814.40

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76819.70
Medium, 1366x76811.70
High, 1366x7687.50

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76830.40
Medium, 1366x76818.40
High, 1366x7687.30

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x76847.20
Medium, 1366x76830.40
High, 1366x76813.90

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x76830.30
Medium, 1366x76823.20
High, 1366x76816.60

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76865.40
Medium, 1366x76839.60
High, 1366x76825.90

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x76858.10
Medium, 1366x76838.10
High, 1366x76830.60

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72029.50
High, 1366x76821.80

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72033.35
Medium, 1366x76821.85
High, 1366x76814.65

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x76824.90
Medium, 1366x76816.40
High, 1366x76812.40

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