Radeon HD 8550M Overview

Radeon HD 8550M
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3MOBILE
Release date: 13 Jul 2014

Core Configuration

GPU	Sun
Architecture	AMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs	320 : 20 : 8
Raytracing Cores	none
Performance	544.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size	1024 Mb
Memory Bus Width	64 bit
Memory Speed	900 MHz 1800 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth	14.40 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Radeon R7 M270
100%
Radeon HD 8770M
100%
Radeon HD 8670M Rev. 2
100%
Radeon HD 8670M
98%
Radeon HD 8750M
93%
GeForce GT 730M
93%
Radeon HD 7750M
92%
GeForce GT 645M
91%
Radeon R5 M420
86%
Radeon R5 M430
86%
Radeon R5 M435
86%
Radeon R7 M440
86%
Radeon R7 M445
86%
Radeon R5 M320
86%
Radeon R5 M230
86%
Radeon HD 8550M
85%
Radeon HD 8530M
84%
Radeon HD 8730M
84%
Radeon HD 8570M
83%
Radeon HD 8590M
83%
Radeon HD 8690M
83%
GeForce GT 640M
80%
GeForce GT 735M
74%
Radeon HD 8670A
72%
GeForce GT 745M Rev. 2
70%
GeForce GT 640M LE
64%
GeForce 710M
46%
Radeon HD 6990M
15%
Radeon HD 6970M
12%
Radeon HD 6950M
10%

Data interpolated by architecture, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon HD 8550M is a graphics card released by AMD on 13 Jul 2014. The graphics card houses the Sun die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_0 architecture which packs 1,040 million transistors on a 28 nm, 77 mm2 die.

Radeon HD 8550M pros and cons

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards


	Radeon HD 8550M	Radeon R7 M270	Radeon HD 8770M	Radeon HD 8670M Rev. 2	Radeon HD 6990M
		compare	compare	compare	compare
Shader units	320	384	384	384	1120
ROPs	8	8	8	8	32
Graphics processor	Sun	Opal	Mars	Mars	Blackcomb
Process size	28 nm	28 nm	28 nm	28 nm	40 nm
Memory	1024 Mb DDR3 (900 MHz 1800 MHz effective)	2048 Mb DDR3 (900 MHz 1800 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1125 MHz 4500 MHz effective)	1024 Mb DDR3 (900 MHz 1800 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (900 MHz 3600 MHz effective)
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 bit	128 bit	64 bit	256 bit
Memory bandwidth	14.40 Gb/s	28.80 Gb/s	72.00 Gb/s	14.40 Gb/s	115.20 Gb/s
Release date	13 Jul 2014	9 Jan 2014	1 Apr 2013	1 Mar 2013	12 Jul 2011

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