AMD Radeon 550X Mobile vs AMD Radeon HD 8670M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550X Mobile and AMD Radeon HD 8670M 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, 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).

AMD Radeon 550X Mobile

AMD Radeon HD 8670M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 66% higher boost clock speed: 1287 MHz vs 775 MHz
2600x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 19.8 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2322 vs 1039
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2322 vs 1039
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2522 vs 2270
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2522 vs 2270
Around 57% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8677 vs 5532

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 1 March 2013
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 775 MHz
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 19.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2322 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2322 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2522 vs 2270
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2522 vs 2270
Geekbench - OpenCL	8677 vs 5532

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670M

384x better floating-point performance: 633.6 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1783 vs 1748
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1783 vs 1748

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	633.6 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1783 vs 1748
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1783 vs 1748

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2322

1039

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2322

1039

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1748

1783

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1748

1783

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2522

2270

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2522

2270

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8677

5532

Name	AMD Radeon 550X Mobile	AMD Radeon HD 8670M
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2322	1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2322	1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1748	1783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1748	1783
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2522	2270
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2522	2270
Geekbench - OpenCL	8677	5532
PassMark - G3D Mark		520
PassMark - G2D Mark		488
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		7.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		144.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.952
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		17.551
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		71.696

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 550X Mobile	AMD Radeon HD 8670M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Lexa	Mars
Design	Radeon 500X Series	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	1 March 2013
Place in performance rating	1168	1171
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz	775 MHz
Compute units	8/10	6
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs	633.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 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	19.8 GTexel / s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	56 GB/s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support