AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP vs ATI Radeon HD 5550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP and ATI Radeon HD 5550 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP

ATI Radeon HD 5550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 39 Watt

Launch date	18 September 2013 vs 9 February 2010
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 39 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 320 vs 128
3.1x better floating-point performance: 352.0 gflops vs 115.2 gflops
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 377 vs 261
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 185 vs 75

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 128
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops vs 115.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	377 vs 261
PassMark - G2D Mark	185 vs 75

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

261

377

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

185

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP	ATI Radeon HD 5550
PassMark - G3D Mark	261	377
PassMark - G2D Mark	75	185
Geekbench - OpenCL	5751
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8280 IGP	ATI Radeon HD 5550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Kalindi	Redwood
Launch date	18 September 2013	9 February 2010
Place in performance rating	1022	890
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	115.2 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	128	320
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	39 Watt
Transistor count	1,178 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		165 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		3200 MHz