AMD Radeon 550 vs AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550 and AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon 550

AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz
643.9x more texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel/s vs 58.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 85 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	20 Apr 2017 vs 2 September 2013
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s vs 58.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 85 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

Around 75% higher pipelines: 896 vs 512
3.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective

Pipelines	896 vs 512
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon 550	AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	467
PassMark - G3D Mark	2103
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		6886
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		6886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		17482
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		17482

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 550	AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Lexa	Bonaire
Launch date	20 Apr 2017	2 September 2013
Place in performance rating	276	273
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	75.71 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1,211 GFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1,211 GFLOPS
Pipelines	512	896
Pixel fill rate	18.93 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s	58.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	85 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	2,080 million
Floating-point performance		1,882 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm, 5.7 inches	183 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	56.00 GB/s	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5