Radeon HD 8550G and HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) - video card comparison
Radeon HD 8550G
HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Architecture
Terascale 3 (2010−2013)
Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
GPU code name
Richland
Sandy Bridge
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
March 2013
May 2011
Interface
IGP
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Boost clock speed
720 MHz
1100 MHz
Core clock speed
515 MHz
350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
32 nm
32 nm
Number of transistors
1,303 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
256
6
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
11.52
-
Memory type
System Shared
-
Maximum RAM amount
System Shared
-
Memory bus width
System Shared
64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed
System Shared
-
Shared memory
+
+
Display Connectors
No outputs
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
10.1
OpenCL
1.2
-
OpenGL
4.4
-
Shader Model
5.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
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