AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v 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.

AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 760 MHz vs 550 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 55 nm
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 567 vs 188

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 5 May 2010
Core clock speed	760 MHz vs 550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	567 vs 188

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 382 vs 226

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	382 vs 226

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

567

188

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

226

382

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
PassMark - G3D Mark	567	188
PassMark - G2D Mark	226	382

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	TeraScale
Code name	Scrapper	M92
Launch date	23 May 2013	5 May 2010
Place in performance rating	701	411
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	844 MHz
Core clock speed	760 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,303 million	242 million
Floating-point performance		88 gflops
Pipelines		80
Texture fill rate		4.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	MXM-A (3.0)
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2
Shared memory		0