AMD Radeon HD 8550M vs NVIDIA GRID K220Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550M and NVIDIA GRID K220Q 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, 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).

AMD Radeon HD 8550M

NVIDIA GRID K220Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550M

2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K220Q

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 650 MHz
5.6x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 17 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 384
4.2x better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 544.0 gflops
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 17 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 544.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K220Q

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8550M	NVIDIA GRID K220Q
PassMark - G3D Mark		912
PassMark - G2D Mark		539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		833
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		833
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2128
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2660

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8550M	NVIDIA GRID K220Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Sun	GK104
Launch date	13 July 2014	2 July 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	750
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$469
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	745 MHz
Floating-point performance	544.0 gflops	2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1536
Texture fill rate	17 GTexel / s	95.36 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	3,540 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		225 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	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0