AMD Radeon HD 8550G vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550G and NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M 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.

AMD Radeon HD 8550G

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
2.7x more pipelines: 256 vs 96
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	12 March 2013 vs 22 March 2012
Pipelines	256 vs 96
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

Around 95% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2401 vs 1234
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 967 vs 753
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 967 vs 753
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2766 vs 1397
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2766 vs 1397
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 2459
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 2459
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 150 vs 118
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 538 vs 412

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2401 vs 1234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	967 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	967 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2766 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2766 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 2459
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 2459
PassMark - G2D Mark	150 vs 118
PassMark - G3D Mark	538 vs 412

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1234

2401

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

753

967

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

753

967

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

2766

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

2766

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2459

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2459

3359

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

118

150

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

412

538

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8550G	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
Geekbench - OpenCL	1234	2401
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	753	967
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	753	967
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1397	2766
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1397	2766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2459	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2459	3359
PassMark - G2D Mark	118	150
PassMark - G3D Mark	412	538
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		5.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		215.004
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		10.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		19.903
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8550G	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Fermi
Code name	Richland	GF108
Launch date	12 March 2013	22 March 2012
Place in performance rating	1400	1403
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	720 MHz
Core clock speed	515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	256	96
CUDA cores		96
Floating-point performance		253.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		33 Watt
Transistor count		585 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0
Interface		MXM-A (3.0)
API support
DirectX	11	12.0 (11_0)
DirectX 11.2		12 API
OpenCL		1.1
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3\GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		Up to 2048x1536
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus