NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M vs ATI Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M and ATI Radeon HD 4550 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 59% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 26.5x more texture fill rate: 127.1 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
  • 19.2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 80
  • 31.8x better floating-point performance: 3,050 gflops vs 96 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
  • 16x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3783 vs 236
  • 6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 558
  • 6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 558
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 March 2014 vs 30 September 2008
Core clock speed 954 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 127.1 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 80
Floating-point performance 3,050 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3783 vs 236
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 558

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4550

  • 4.9x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 122 Watt
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 429 vs 332
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 122 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 429 vs 332

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4550

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3783
236
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
332
429
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
558
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M ATI Radeon HD 4550
PassMark - G3D Mark 3783 236
PassMark - G2D Mark 332 429
Geekbench - OpenCL 15023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.42
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 776.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.915
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 36.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 82.511
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 558
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4501
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 558
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1611

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M ATI Radeon HD 4550

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale
Code name GK104 RV710
Launch date 12 March 2014 30 September 2008
Place in performance rating 779 763
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $59

Technical info

Boost clock speed 993 MHz
Core clock speed 954 MHz 600 MHz
CUDA cores 1536
Floating-point performance 3,050 gflops 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 1536 80
Texture fill rate 127.1 GTexel / s 4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 122 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 242 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
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, PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 168 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB / s 10.48 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory type GDDR5 DDR2
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5
Memory clock speed 1310 MHz

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA