AMD Radeon R6 Graphics vs AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R6 Graphics and AMD Radeon HD 8550G 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R6 Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 533 MHz vs 515 MHz
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 384 vs 256
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 616 vs 407
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 138 vs 117
  • 3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4077 vs 1234
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 860 vs 753
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1784 vs 1397
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3182 vs 2459
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 860 vs 753
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1784 vs 1397
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3182 vs 2459
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 September 2014 vs 12 March 2013
Core clock speed 533 MHz vs 515 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 256
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 616 vs 407
PassMark - G2D Mark 138 vs 117
Geekbench - OpenCL 4077 vs 1234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 860 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1784 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3182 vs 2459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 860 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1784 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3182 vs 2459

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550G

  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 720 MHz vs 600 MHz
Boost clock speed 720 MHz vs 600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8550G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
616
407
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
138
117
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4077
1234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
860
753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1784
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3182
2459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
860
753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1784
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3182
2459
Name AMD Radeon R6 Graphics AMD Radeon HD 8550G
PassMark - G3D Mark 616 407
PassMark - G2D Mark 138 117
Geekbench - OpenCL 4077 1234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 11.201
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 224.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 45.165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 860 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1784 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3182 2459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 860 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1784 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3182 2459

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R6 Graphics AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Terascale 3
Code name Spectre Richland
Launch date 17 September 2014 12 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1412 1414
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 600 MHz 720 MHz
Core clock speed 533 MHz 515 MHz
Floating-point performance 503.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 384 256
Texture fill rate 15.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 2,410 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 11
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Memory type System Shared
Shared memory 1