AMD FirePro D300 vs AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro D300 and AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD FirePro D300

AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D300

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 760 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm

Launch date	18 January 2014 vs 23 May 2013
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 760 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro D300
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Name	AMD FirePro D300	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP
Geekbench - OpenCL	20137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	51.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1192.547
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	78.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	242.179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351
PassMark - G3D Mark		567
PassMark - G2D Mark		226

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro D300	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 3
Code name	Pitcairn	Scrapper
Launch date	18 January 2014	23 May 2013
Place in performance rating	703	704
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	760 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	1,303 million
Boost clock speed		844 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Length	242 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	162.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5