AMD Radeon HD 8550M vs NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550M and NVIDIA GRID K120Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 8550M

NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550M

Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 17 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
Around 67% better floating-point performance: 544.0 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz

Texture fill rate	17 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 192
Floating-point performance	544.0 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Around 31% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 650 MHz

Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 650 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8550M	NVIDIA GRID K120Q
PassMark - G3D Mark		293
PassMark - G2D Mark		278

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8550M	NVIDIA GRID K120Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Sun	GK107
Launch date	13 July 2014	2 July 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	575
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$125
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	544.0 gflops	326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	192
Texture fill rate	17 GTexel / s	13.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,270 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		130 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1782 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	0