AMD Radeon HD 8550M videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 8550M

Radeon HD 8550M videocard released by AMD; release date: 13 July 2014. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Sun.

Core clock speed - 650 MHz. Boost clock speed - 850 MHz. Texture fill rate - 17 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 384. Floating-point performance - 544.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,040 million.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 14.4 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x76838.70
Medium, 1366x76833.60
High, 1366x76829.40

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76811.10
Medium, 1366x7689.40
High, 1366x7688.80

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x76836.60
Medium, 1366x76828.60
High, 1366x76815.90

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x76825.40
Medium, 1366x76820.90
High, 1366x76816.70

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76816.50
Medium, 1366x76811.50
High, 1366x76810.40

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x76859.50
Medium, 1366x76844.90
High, 1366x76834.40

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72030.20
High, 1366x76823.60

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72020.90
Medium, 1366x76819.00
High, 1366x76815.90

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x76816.40
Medium, 1366x76814.40
High, 1366x76813.40

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Sun
Launch date 13 July 2014
Place in performance rating not rated
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 850 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 544.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 17 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0

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