HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) vs Radeon HD 3550
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 3550 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 3550
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) | | Radeon HD 3550 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Haswell GT1 () | vs | RV620 (RV620 PRO) |
| Fab Process | 22 nm | vs | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 177 mm² | vs | 67 mm² |
| Transistors | 392 million | vs | 181 million |
| Shaders | 10 | vs | 40 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 350 MHz | vs | 594 MHz |
| ROPs | 2 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 2 | vs | 4 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) | | Radeon HD 3550 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | DDR2 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 396 MHz
792 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) | | Radeon HD 3550 | |
|---|
| TDP | 45 watts | vs | 30 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Apr 2013 | vs | 4 Aug 2008 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better