AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP vs AMD Radeon HD 6950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP and AMD Radeon HD 6950 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

AMD Radeon HD 6950

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 844 MHz vs 800 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
7.7x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 500 Watt

Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 14 December 2010
Boost clock speed	844 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 500 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2611 vs 567
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 437 vs 226

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2611 vs 567
PassMark - G2D Mark	437 vs 226

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6950

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

567

2611

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

226

437

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP	AMD Radeon HD 6950
PassMark - G3D Mark	567	2611
PassMark - G2D Mark	226	437
Geekbench - OpenCL		6114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		251.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		11657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		11657
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP	AMD Radeon HD 6950
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	TeraScale 3
Code name	Scrapper	Cayman
Launch date	23 May 2013	14 December 2010
Place in performance rating	704	706
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		45.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	844 MHz	800 MHz
Core clock speed	760 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	1,303 million	2,640 million
Floating-point performance		2,252.8 gflops
Pipelines		1408
Texture fill rate		70.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1250 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire