AMD Radeon HD 8350G vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8350G and NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8350G

NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8350G

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
Around 61% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4669 vs 2903
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 124 vs 110

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 March 2013 vs 27 October 2011
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4669 vs 2903
PassMark - G2D Mark	124 vs 110

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 753 MHz vs 720 MHz
Around 13% higher pipelines: 144 vs 128
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 653 vs 258
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2265 vs 1104
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2265 vs 1104
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2827 vs 1685
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2827 vs 1685

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	753 MHz vs 720 MHz
Pipelines	144 vs 128
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	653 vs 258
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2265 vs 1104
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2265 vs 1104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2827 vs 1685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2827 vs 1685

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8350G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4669

2903

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

110

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

258

653

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1104

2265

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1104

2265

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1685

2827

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1685

2827

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8350G	NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
Geekbench - OpenCL	4669	2903
PassMark - G2D Mark	124	110
PassMark - G3D Mark	258	653
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1104	2265
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1104	2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1685	2827
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1685	2827
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		7.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		252.895
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		12.581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		21.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1134

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8350G	NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Fermi
Code name	Richland	GF106
Launch date	12 March 2013	27 October 2011
Place in performance rating	1421	1424
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	720 MHz	753 MHz
Core clock speed	514 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	128	144
CUDA cores		Up to 144
Floating-point performance		388.8 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		35 Watt
Transistor count		1,170 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	11	12 API
OpenCL		1.1
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory type		DDR3\DDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI