AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP vs NVIDIA Quadro K5000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP and NVIDIA Quadro K5000 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, 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

NVIDIA Quadro K5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 760 MHz vs 706 MHz
Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 122 Watt

Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 17 August 2012
Core clock speed	760 MHz vs 706 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 122 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5000

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3992 vs 567
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 432 vs 226

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3992 vs 567
PassMark - G2D Mark	432 vs 226

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K5000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

567

3992

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

226

432

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP	NVIDIA Quadro K5000
PassMark - G3D Mark	567	3992
PassMark - G2D Mark	226	432
Geekbench - OpenCL		11459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		31.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		681.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		32.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		67.311
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6288
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6288
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1351

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP	NVIDIA Quadro K5000
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	Kepler
Code name	Scrapper	GK104
Launch date	23 May 2013	17 August 2012
Place in performance rating	705	706
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,499
Price now		$1,950
Value for money (0-100)		2.47
Technical info
Boost clock speed	844 MHz
Core clock speed	760 MHz	706 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	122 Watt
Transistor count	1,303 million	3,540 million
Floating-point performance		2,169 gflops
Pipelines		1536
Texture fill rate		90.37 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		172.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		5400 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5