AMD Radeon HD 8550M vs AMD Radeon R7 260
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550M and AMD Radeon R7 260 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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 8550M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
- Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Launch date | 13 July 2014 vs 17 December 2013 |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 1625 MHz |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260
- Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 850 MHz
- 2.8x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 17 GTexel / s
- 2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
- 2.8x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 544.0 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz vs 850 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 48 GTexel / s vs 17 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 768 vs 384 |
Floating-point performance | 1,536 gflops vs 544.0 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 1 GB |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260
Name | AMD Radeon HD 8550M | AMD Radeon R7 260 |
---|---|---|
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2892 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 559 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 26.189 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 798.239 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.223 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 45.294 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 240.395 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 8550M | AMD Radeon R7 260 | |
---|---|---|
Essentials |
||
Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 2.0 |
Code name | Sun | Bonaire |
Launch date | 13 July 2014 | 17 December 2013 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 570 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Design | AMD Radeon R7 200 Series | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $109 | |
Price now | $89.99 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 44.11 | |
Technical info |
||
Boost clock speed | 850 MHz | 1100 MHz |
Core clock speed | 650 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 544.0 gflops | 1,536 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 384 | 768 |
Texture fill rate | 17 GTexel / s | 48 GTexel / s |
Transistor count | 1,040 million | 2,080 million |
Stream Processors | 896 | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 115 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
||
Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
DisplayPort support | ||
Dual-link DVI support | ||
Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
||
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
Length | 170 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 6-pin | |
API support |
||
DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 12 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
||
Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB / s | 104 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | 1625 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
||
AMD Eyefinity | ||
DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync |