Intel HD Graphics 520 vs AMD Radeon HD 8550 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 520 and AMD Radeon HD 8550 OEM 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 520

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 60 Watt
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3337 vs 2278
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3337 vs 2278
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 25 October 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337 vs 2278
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 vs 2278

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550 OEM

  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 20x more pipelines: 480 vs 24
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1088 vs 951
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1519 vs 1462
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1088 vs 951
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1519 vs 1462
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 480 vs 24
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1088 vs 951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1519 vs 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1088 vs 951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1519 vs 1462

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8550 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
951
1088
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1462
1519
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
2278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
951
1088
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1462
1519
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
2278
Name Intel HD Graphics 520 AMD Radeon HD 8550 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 868
PassMark - G2D Mark 211
Geekbench - OpenCL 4013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 143.083
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.243
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 28.182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 951 1088
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1462 1519
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337 2278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 951 1088
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1462 1519
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 2278
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 326

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 520 AMD Radeon HD 8550 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Skylake GT2 Turks
Launch date 1 September 2015 25 October 2013
Place in performance rating 1391 1338
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 24 480
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 60 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 716 million
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 1 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR3
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz

Technologies

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