AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT 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, 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 7870 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 185 Watt

Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 19 November 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 185 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 760 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 975 MHz vs 844 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
7.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4470 vs 567
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 661 vs 226

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 760 MHz
Boost clock speed	975 MHz vs 844 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4470 vs 567
PassMark - G2D Mark	661 vs 226

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

567

4470

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

226

661

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	567	4470
PassMark - G2D Mark	226	661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		65.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1230.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.313
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		78.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		345.793
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1745

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	GCN 1.0
Code name	Scrapper	Tahiti
Launch date	23 May 2013	19 November 2012
Place in performance rating	701	535
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$270
Technical info
Boost clock speed	844 MHz	975 MHz
Core clock speed	760 MHz	925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	185 Watt
Transistor count	1,303 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2,995 gflops
Pipelines		1536
Texture fill rate		93.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		192.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		6000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5