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).

 

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: 1717 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: 250 vs 118
  • Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 779 vs 412
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 1717 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 250 vs 118
PassMark - G3D Mark 779 vs 412

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1234
1717
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
250
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
412
779
Name AMD Radeon HD 8550G NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
Geekbench - OpenCL 1234 1717
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 118 250
PassMark - G3D Mark 412 779
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