AMD Radeon HD 8550G vs NVIDIA Quadro K1000M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550G and NVIDIA Quadro K1000M 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon HD 8550G

NVIDIA Quadro K1000M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 33% higher pipelines: 256 vs 192
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2459 vs 2297
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2459 vs 2297

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 March 2013 vs 1 June 2012
Pipelines	256 vs 192
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2459 vs 2297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2459 vs 2297

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K1000M

Around 65% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 515 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1719 vs 1234
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1162 vs 753
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1162 vs 753
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1695 vs 1397
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1695 vs 1397
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 249 vs 118
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 778 vs 412

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	1719 vs 1234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1162 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1162 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1695 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1695 vs 1397
PassMark - G2D Mark	249 vs 118
PassMark - G3D Mark	778 vs 412

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550G
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K1000M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1234

1719

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

753

1162

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

753

1162

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

1695

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

1695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2459

2297

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2459

2297

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

118

249

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

412

778

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8550G	NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
Geekbench - OpenCL	1234	1719
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	753	1162
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	753	1162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1397	1695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1397	1695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2459	2297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2459	2297
PassMark - G2D Mark	118	249
PassMark - G3D Mark	412	778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.636
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		115.549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.454
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		7.024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		10.485

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8550G	NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Kepler
Code name	Richland	GK107
Launch date	12 March 2013	1 June 2012
Place in performance rating	1400	1402
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$119.90
Price now		$149.90
Value for money (0-100)		6.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	720 MHz
Core clock speed	515 MHz	850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	256	192
Floating-point performance		326.4 gflops
Texture fill rate		13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Transistor count		1,270 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Interface		MXM-A (3.0)
API support
DirectX	11	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.6
Vulkan
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
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs