AMD Radeon R7 M265 vs AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M265 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, Technologies. 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 R7 M265

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 75% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 515 MHz
  • Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 825 MHz vs 720 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 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 546 vs 411
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 138 vs 117
  • 4.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5587 vs 1244
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1551 vs 753
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1551 vs 753
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 May 2014 vs 12 March 2013
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 515 MHz
Boost clock speed 825 MHz vs 720 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 256
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 546 vs 411
PassMark - G2D Mark 138 vs 117
Geekbench - OpenCL 5587 vs 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1551 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1551 vs 753

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550G

  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1397 vs 1264
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2459 vs 2424
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1397 vs 1264
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2459 vs 2424
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1397 vs 1264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2459 vs 2424
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1397 vs 1264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2459 vs 2424

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M265
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8550G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
546
411
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
138
117
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5587
1244
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1551
753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1264
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2424
2459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1551
753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1264
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2424
2459
Name AMD Radeon R7 M265 AMD Radeon HD 8550G
PassMark - G3D Mark 546 411
PassMark - G2D Mark 138 117
Geekbench - OpenCL 5587 1244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.031
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 282.111
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 68.392
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1551 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1264 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2424 2459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1551 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1264 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2424 2459

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M265 AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Terascale 3
Code name Topaz Richland
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 20 May 2014 12 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1409 1412
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 825 MHz 720 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 900 MHz 515 MHz
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 384 256
Texture fill rate 19.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 11 11
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0 1

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore