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.
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 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 293 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 278 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 8550M | NVIDIA GRID K120Q | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Kepler |
Code name | Sun | GK107 |
Launch date | 13 July 2014 | 2 July 2014 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 574 |
Type | Laptop | Workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $125 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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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 |