NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP 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 GTX 960

AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 760 MHz
Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 844 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
10.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6064 vs 567
3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 675 vs 226

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 January 2015 vs 23 May 2013
Core clock speed	1127 MHz vs 760 MHz
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz vs 844 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6064 vs 567
PassMark - G2D Mark	675 vs 226

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6064

567

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

675

226

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	6064	567
PassMark - G2D Mark	675	226
Geekbench - OpenCL	18306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2283

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale 3
Code name	GM206	Scrapper
Launch date	22 January 2015	23 May 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	496	704
Price now	$229.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	34.63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz	844 MHz
Core clock speed	1127 MHz	760 MHz
CUDA cores	1024
Floating-point performance	2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	72 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	1,303 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
SLI options	2x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost