Radeon HD 7550M vs Radeon HD 8670A
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7550M |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 8670A |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7550M | | Radeon HD 8670A | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Thames (Thames LP) | vs | Mars (Mars XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 104 mm² | vs | 77 mm² |
| Transistors | 716 million | vs | 1,040 million |
| Shaders | 400 | vs | 384 |
| Compute Units | 5 | vs | 6 |
| Core clock | 450 MHz | vs | 600 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 20 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7550M | | Radeon HD 8670A | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 1000 MHz
2000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7550M | | Radeon HD 8670A | |
|---|
| TDP | 14 watts | vs | 45 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Jan 2012 | vs | 2 Feb 2013 |
Radeon HD 7550M
4.40 GP/s
Radeon HD 8670A
4.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7550M
11.00 GT/s
Radeon HD 8670A
14.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7550M
14.40 GB/s
Radeon HD 8670A
16.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7550M
440.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 8670A
460.80 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better