AMD Radeon HD 8550G videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Radeon HD 8550G videocard released by AMD; release date: 12 March 2013. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Terascale 3 microarchitecture codenamed Richland.

Core clock speed - 515 MHz. Boost clock speed - 720 MHz. Pipelines - 256. Manufacturing process technology - 32 nm.

Shared memory - 1.

Benchmarks

Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
1234
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
753 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
753.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1397 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1397.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
2459 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
2459.000 Fps
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
118
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
412
Name Value
Geekbench - OpenCL 1234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 753 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 753.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1397 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1397.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2459 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2459.000 Fps
PassMark - G2D Mark 118
PassMark - G3D Mark 412

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Low, 1024x76830.60
Medium, 1366x76819.00

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x72028.00
Medium, 1344x75618.00

Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

Low, 1280x72033.10
Medium, 1280x72029.80
High, 1920x108013.40

The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)

Low, 1024x76836.00
Medium, 1366x76828.00
High, 1366x76818.20
Ultra, 1920x10809.70

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76818.70
Medium, 1366x76812.00

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x76833.60
Medium, 1366x76823.50
High, 1366x76816.60
Ultra, 1920x10805.30

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x76847.70
Medium, 1366x76834.80
High, 1366x76827.50
Ultra, 1920x10807.00

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76817.10

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76827.60
Medium, 1366x76820.70
High, 1366x76810.00
Ultra, 1920x10805.00

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x72052.00

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Medium, 1366x76854.00
High, 1366x76833.00
Ultra, 1920x108011.70

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x76861.00
Medium, 1366x76829.00
High, 1366x76819.00
Ultra, 1920x10808.00

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76827.00
Medium, 1366x76816.70

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76824.80
Medium, 1366x76822.40
High, 1366x76811.20
Ultra, 1920x10805.20

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x76843.00
Medium, 1366x76831.00
High, 1366x76820.30
Ultra, 1920x108012.70

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72042.00
Medium, 1366x76829.40
High, 1366x76819.70

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x76881.00
High, 1366x76832.60
Ultra, 1920x108014.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 3
Code name Richland
Launch date 12 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1400
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 720 MHz
Core clock speed 515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm
Pipelines 256

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11

Memory

Shared memory 1