AMD Radeon HD 8550G vs ATI Radeon HD 5670

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550G and ATI Radeon HD 5670 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Technologies. 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550G

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 93% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1234 vs 641
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1397 vs 1129
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1397 vs 1129
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2459 vs 2113
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2459 vs 2113
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 March 2013 vs 14 January 2010
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 1234 vs 641
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1397 vs 1129
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1397 vs 1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2459 vs 2113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2459 vs 2113

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5670

  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 515 MHz
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 775 MHz vs 720 MHz
  • Around 56% higher pipelines: 400 vs 256
  • Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1462 vs 753
  • Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1462 vs 753
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 289 vs 117
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 805 vs 412
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 515 MHz
Boost clock speed 775 MHz vs 720 MHz
Pipelines 400 vs 256
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1462 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1462 vs 753
PassMark - G2D Mark 289 vs 117
PassMark - G3D Mark 805 vs 412

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550G
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5670

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1234
641
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
753
1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
753
1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1397
1129
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1397
1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2459
2113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2459
2113
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
117
289
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
412
805
Name AMD Radeon HD 8550G ATI Radeon HD 5670
Geekbench - OpenCL 1234 641
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 753 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 753 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1397 1129
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1397 1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2459 2113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2459 2113
PassMark - G2D Mark 117 289
PassMark - G3D Mark 412 805
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 184.557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.319
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 27.325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8550G ATI Radeon HD 5670

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 3 TeraScale 2
Code name Richland Redwood
Launch date 12 March 2013 14 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1417 1420
Type Laptop Desktop
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $119

Technical info

Boost clock speed 720 MHz 775 MHz
Core clock speed 515 MHz 775 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 256 400
Floating-point performance 620.0 gflops
Stream Processors 400
Texture fill rate 15.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt
Transistor count 627 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Laptop size medium sized
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)