HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2) vs Radeon HD 8860 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2) |
| 160 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 8860 OEM . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 8860 OEM |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 8860 OEM
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2) | | Radeon HD 8860 OEM | |
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| GPU Name | Broadwell GT2 () | vs | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 49 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 189 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 24 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 100 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 1 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 4 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2) | | Radeon HD 8860 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2) | | Radeon HD 8860 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 15 watts | vs | 175 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Sep 2014 | vs | 8 Jan 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better