AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP and ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 760 MHz vs 700 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 55 nm
4.4x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 286 Watt

Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 12 August 2008
Core clock speed	760 MHz vs 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 286 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1309 vs 567
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 565 vs 226

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1309 vs 567
PassMark - G2D Mark	565 vs 226

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

567

1309

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

226

565

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	567	1309
PassMark - G2D Mark	226	565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3323

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	TeraScale
Code name	Scrapper	R700
Launch date	23 May 2013	12 August 2008
Place in performance rating	739	466
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$550
Technical info
Boost clock speed	844 MHz
Core clock speed	760 MHz	700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	286 Watt
Transistor count	1,303 million	956 million
Floating-point performance		2x 1,120.0 gflops
Pipelines		2x 800
Texture fill rate		2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5