AMD Radeon HD 8550G vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550G and NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM 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).

AMD Radeon HD 8550G

NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550G

5.3x more pipelines: 256 vs 48
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 753 vs 629
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 753 vs 629
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1397 vs 1102
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1397 vs 1102
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 412 vs 353

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	256 vs 48
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	753 vs 629
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	753 vs 629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1397 vs 1102
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1397 vs 1102
PassMark - G3D Mark	412 vs 353

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM

Around 70% higher core clock speed: 874 MHz vs 515 MHz
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1345 vs 1234
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2918 vs 2459
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2918 vs 2459
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 188 vs 118

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	874 MHz vs 515 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	1345 vs 1234
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2918 vs 2459
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2918 vs 2459
PassMark - G2D Mark	188 vs 118

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1234

1345

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

753

629

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

753

629

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

1102

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

1102

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2459

2918

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2459

2918

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

118

188

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

412

353

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8550G	NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	1234	1345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	753	629
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	753	629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1397	1102
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1397	1102
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2459	2918
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2459	2918
PassMark - G2D Mark	118	188
PassMark - G3D Mark	412	353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		2.857

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8550G	NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Richland	GF119
Launch date	12 March 2013	18 February 2013
Place in performance rating	1400	1401
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	720 MHz
Core clock speed	515 MHz	874 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	256	48
Floating-point performance		167.8 gflops
Texture fill rate		6.992 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		29 Watt
Transistor count		292 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	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.6
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		13.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1650 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI