AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP vs NVIDIA Quadro 7000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP and NVIDIA Quadro 7000 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

NVIDIA Quadro 7000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 760 MHz vs 651 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 204 Watt

Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 2 May 2012
Core clock speed	760 MHz vs 651 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 204 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 7000

6.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3505 vs 567
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 397 vs 226

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3505 vs 567
PassMark - G2D Mark	397 vs 226

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 7000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

567

3505

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

226

397

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP	NVIDIA Quadro 7000
PassMark - G3D Mark	567	3505
PassMark - G2D Mark	226	397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		32.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1142.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		51.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		110.277
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP	NVIDIA Quadro 7000
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Scrapper	GF110
Launch date	23 May 2013	2 May 2012
Place in performance rating	705	707
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$14,499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	844 MHz
Core clock speed	760 MHz	651 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	204 Watt
Transistor count	1,303 million	3,000 million
Floating-point performance		1,332 gflops
Pipelines		512
Texture fill rate		41.66 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		248 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		6 GB
Memory bandwidth		177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory clock speed		3404 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5