Radeon HD 6550D IGP vs Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6550D IGP |
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 6550D IGP | | Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) | |
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GPU Name | BeaverCreek () | vs | Oland () |
Fab Process | 32 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 228 mm² | vs | 90 mm² |
Transistors | 1,450 million | vs | 1,040 million |
Shaders | 400 | vs | 320 |
Compute Units | 5 | vs | 5 |
Core clock | 600 MHz | vs | 730 MHz |
ROPs | 8 | vs | 8 |
TMUs | 20 | vs | 20 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6550D IGP | | Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) | |
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Memory Type | System Shared | vs | DDR3 |
Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 128 bit |
Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6550D IGP | | Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) | |
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TDP | 65 watts | vs | 50 watts |
Release Date | 20 Jun 2011 | vs | 1 Nov 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better