Intel HD Graphics 4400 vs AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4400 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4400

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 60% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 720 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 521 vs 411
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 278 vs 117
  • Around 75% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2180 vs 1244
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 817 vs 753
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3044 vs 2459
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 817 vs 753
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3044 vs 2459
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 September 2013 vs 12 March 2013
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz vs 720 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 521 vs 411
PassMark - G2D Mark 278 vs 117
Geekbench - OpenCL 2180 vs 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 817 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3044 vs 2459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 817 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3044 vs 2459

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550G

  • Around 47% higher core clock speed: 515 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • 12.8x more pipelines: 256 vs 20
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1397 vs 1381
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1397 vs 1381
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 515 MHz vs 350 MHz
Pipelines 256 vs 20
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1397 vs 1381
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1397 vs 1381

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4400
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8550G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
521
411
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
278
117
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2180
1244
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
817
753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1381
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3044
2459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
817
753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1381
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3044
2459
Name Intel HD Graphics 4400 AMD Radeon HD 8550G
PassMark - G3D Mark 521 411
PassMark - G2D Mark 278 117
Geekbench - OpenCL 2180 1244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 154.696
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 8.335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 817 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1381 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3044 2459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 817 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1381 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3044 2459
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 152

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 4400 AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Essentials

Architecture Generation 7.5 Terascale 3
Code name Haswell GT2 Richland
Launch date 3 September 2013 12 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1411 1412
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz 720 MHz
Core clock speed 350 MHz 515 MHz
Floating-point performance 46 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 20 256
Texture fill rate 4.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt
Transistor count 392 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.3

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory 1 1

Technologies

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