AMD Radeon 550 vs Intel UHD Graphics 730

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550 and Intel UHD Graphics 730 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 550

Intel UHD Graphics 730

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550

3.7x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel/s vs 15.60 GTexel/s
2.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 192
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 466 vs 412
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2121 vs 1573

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s vs 15.60 GTexel/s
Pipelines	512 vs 192
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	466 vs 412
PassMark - G3D Mark	2121 vs 1573

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 730

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1183 MHz
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Launch date	2021 vs 20 Apr 2017
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz vs 1183 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550
GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics 730

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

466

412

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2121

1573

Name	AMD Radeon 550	Intel UHD Graphics 730
PassMark - G2D Mark	466	412
PassMark - G3D Mark	2121	1573
Geekbench - OpenCL		5967
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2429
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		5221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2429
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		5221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3309
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		603

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 550	Intel UHD Graphics 730
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Generation 12.1
Code name	Lexa	Rocket Lake GT1
Launch date	20 Apr 2017	2021
Place in performance rating	300	633
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	1300 MHz
Compute units	8	24
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	75.71 GFLOPS (1:16)	124.8 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1,211 GFLOPS (1:1)	998.4 GFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1,211 GFLOPS	499.2 GFLOPS
Pipelines	512	192
Pixel fill rate	18.93 GPixel/s	10.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s	15.60 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x1
Length	145 mm, 5.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	56.00 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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