AMD Radeon HD 8550G vs AMD Radeon HD 7670M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550G and AMD Radeon HD 7670M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 8550G

AMD Radeon HD 7670M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 117 vs 86

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 March 2013 vs 17 February 2012
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	117 vs 86

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7670M

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 515 MHz
Around 88% higher pipelines: 480 vs 256
Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1405 vs 1234
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1228 vs 753
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1228 vs 753
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2194 vs 1397
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2194 vs 1397
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3341 vs 2459
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3341 vs 2459
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 469 vs 409

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 515 MHz
Pipelines	480 vs 256
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	1405 vs 1234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1228 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1228 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2194 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2194 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3341 vs 2459
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3341 vs 2459
PassMark - G3D Mark	469 vs 409

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550G
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7670M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1234

1405

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

753

1228

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

753

1228

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

2194

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

2194

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2459

3341

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2459

3341

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

117

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

409

469

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8550G	AMD Radeon HD 7670M
Geekbench - OpenCL	1234	1405
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	753	1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	753	1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1397	2194
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1397	2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2459	3341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2459	3341
PassMark - G2D Mark	117	86
PassMark - G3D Mark	409	469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		2.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		210.901
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8550G	AMD Radeon HD 7670M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	TeraScale 2
Code name	Richland	Thames
Launch date	12 March 2013	17 February 2012
Place in performance rating	1419	1421
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$629.99
Price now		$629.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.48
Technical info
Boost clock speed	720 MHz
Core clock speed	515 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	256	480
Floating-point performance		576.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		20 Watt
Transistor count		716 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	11	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.4
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3, (GDDR5)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs