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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 | |
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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 | |
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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