AMD Radeon HD 8850M vs ATI Radeon HD 5550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8850M and ATI Radeon HD 5550 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8850M

ATI Radeon HD 5550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8850M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
2.3x better floating-point performance: 800.0 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 973 vs 377
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 502 vs 185

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2013 vs 9 February 2010
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	973 vs 377
PassMark - G2D Mark	502 vs 185

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8850M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

973

377

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

502

185

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8850M	ATI Radeon HD 5550
PassMark - G3D Mark	973	377
PassMark - G2D Mark	502	185
Geekbench - OpenCL	7447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	435.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	31.637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	84.378
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3323

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8850M	ATI Radeon HD 5550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Venus	Redwood
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	1 April 2013	9 February 2010
Place in performance rating	915	918
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	575 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	627 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		39 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		165 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0