AMD Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics vs AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 Mobile 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: 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 554 MHz vs 515 MHz
  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 800 MHz vs 720 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 877 vs 753
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 877 vs 753
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2817 vs 2459
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2817 vs 2459
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 February 2014 vs 12 March 2013
Core clock speed 554 MHz vs 515 MHz
Boost clock speed 800 MHz vs 720 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 877 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 877 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2817 vs 2459
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2817 vs 2459

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550G

  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1397 vs 1131
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1397 vs 1131
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1397 vs 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1397 vs 1131

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8550G

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
877
753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
877
753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1131
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1131
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2817
2459
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2817
2459
Name AMD Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics AMD Radeon HD 8550G
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 877 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 877 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1131 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1131 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2817 2459
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2817 2459
Geekbench - OpenCL 1234
PassMark - G2D Mark 118
PassMark - G3D Mark 412

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 Mobile Graphics AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Terascale 3
Code name Spectre Richland
Launch date 17 February 2014 12 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1398 1400
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 800 MHz 720 MHz
Core clock speed 554 MHz 515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt
Transistor count 2,410 million
Pipelines 256

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

Shared memory 1