NVIDIA GeForce 710M vs AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 710M 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 710M

AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 710M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 719 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 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 459 vs 412
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 125 vs 118
Around 98% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2442 vs 1234
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1030 vs 753
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3075 vs 1397
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3325 vs 2459
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1030 vs 753
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3075 vs 1397
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3325 vs 2459

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 July 2013 vs 12 March 2013
Core clock speed	719 MHz vs 515 MHz
Boost clock speed	800 MHz vs 720 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	459 vs 412
PassMark - G2D Mark	125 vs 118
Geekbench - OpenCL	2442 vs 1234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1030 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3075 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325 vs 2459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1030 vs 753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3075 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325 vs 2459

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550G

2.7x more pipelines: 256 vs 96

Pipelines	256 vs 96

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 710M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8550G

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

459

412

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

125

118

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2442

1234

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1030

753

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3075

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3325

2459

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1030

753

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3075

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3325

2459

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 710M	AMD Radeon HD 8550G
PassMark - G3D Mark	459	412
PassMark - G2D Mark	125	118
Geekbench - OpenCL	2442	1234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.51
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	148.156
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.577
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	11.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	19.855
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1030	753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3075	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325	2459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1030	753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3075	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325	2459
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 710M	AMD Radeon HD 8550G
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Terascale 3
Code name	GK208	Richland
Launch date	24 July 2013	12 March 2013
Place in performance rating	1399	1400
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz	720 MHz
Core clock speed	719 MHz	515 MHz
Floating-point performance	297.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	96	256
Texture fill rate	12.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	585 million
Video outputs and ports
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 2560x1600
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 2560x1600
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 API	11
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory	0	1
Standard memory configuration	DDR3
Technologies
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus