AMD Radeon 550X Mobile vs AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550X Mobile and AMD Radeon HD 8670D 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: 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon 550X Mobile

AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 844 MHz
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 32 nm
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2322 vs 920
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2322 vs 920
4.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9692 vs 2090

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 4 June 2013
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 844 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2322 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2322 vs 920
Geekbench - OpenCL	9692 vs 2090

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1980 vs 1748
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1980 vs 1748
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 2522
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 2522

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1980 vs 1748
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1980 vs 1748
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 2522
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 2522

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550X Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8670D

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2322

920

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2322

920

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1748

1980

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1748

1980

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2522

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2522

3340

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9692

2090

Name	AMD Radeon 550X Mobile	AMD Radeon HD 8670D
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2322	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2322	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1748	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1748	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2522	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2522	3340
Geekbench - OpenCL	9692	2090
PassMark - G3D Mark		529
PassMark - G2D Mark		186

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 550X Mobile	AMD Radeon HD 8670D
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Terascale 3
Code name	Lexa	Richland
Design	Radeon 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	4 June 2013
Place in performance rating	1199	1202
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	844 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	640	384
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12	11
OpenGL	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	56 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		1
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support