AMD Radeon HD 8550G vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550G and NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550G

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• Around 78% higher pipelines: 256 vs 144
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
• Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 117 vs 111

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

• Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 753 MHz vs 720 MHz
• 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2904 vs 1234
• Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1134 vs 753
• Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1134 vs 753
• Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2265 vs 1397
• Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2265 vs 1397
• Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2827 vs 2459
• Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2827 vs 2459
• Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 654 vs 407

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	1234 2904
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	753 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	753 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1397 2265
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1397 2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2459 2827
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2459 2827
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	117 111
PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	407 654

Compare specifications (specs)