T1000 vs Radeon HD 8550M

Place in the ranking	1067	339
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	28.41
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Sun	TU117
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	13 July 2014 (12 years ago)	6 May 2021 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	320	896
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1065 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	1395 MHz
Number of transistors	690 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.00	78.12
Floating-point processing power	0.544 TFLOPS	2.5 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	20	56
L1 Cache	80 KB	896 KB
L2 Cache	128 KB	1024 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	156 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	160.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	-	7.5

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

HD 8550M 1.35

T1000 18.36
+1260%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 8550M 1307

T1000 11793
+802%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 8550M 3705

T1000 46318
+1150%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

4−5

−1275%

55
+1275%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
Palworld	5−6 −800%	45−50 +800%
Resident Evil 4 Remake	0−1	40−45

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	2−3 −3800%	75−80 +3800%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −3000%	62 +3000%
Fortnite	4−5 −2375%	95−100 +2375%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −850%	75−80 +850%
Palworld	5−6 −800%	45−50 +800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−11 −610%	70−75 +610%
Valorant	30−35 −315%	140−150 +315%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	2−3 −3800%	75−80 +3800%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	30−35 −632%	220−230 +632%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
Dota 2	16−18 −1253%	230−240 +1253%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2750%	57 +2750%
Fortnite	4−5 −2375%	95−100 +2375%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −850%	75−80 +850%
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2 −7600%	77 +7600%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −1650%	35 +1650%
Palworld	5−6 −800%	45−50 +800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−11 −610%	70−75 +610%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −814%	64 +814%
Valorant	30−35 −315%	140−150 +315%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	2−3 −3800%	75−80 +3800%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
Dota 2	16−18 −1253%	230−240 +1253%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2550%	53 +2550%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −850%	75−80 +850%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−11 −610%	70−75 +610%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −400%	35 +400%
Valorant	30−35 −315%	140−150 +315%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite	4−5 −2375%	95−100 +2375%
Palworld	5−6 −800%	45−50 +800%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −1167%	35−40 +1167%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	9−10 −1400%	130−140 +1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −1086%	160−170 +1086%
Valorant	6−7 −2650%	160−170 +2650%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	16−18
Far Cry 5	1−2 −4100%	40−45 +4100%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −1467%	45−50 +1467%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −1300%	27−30 +1300%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite	2−3 −2050%	40−45 +2050%
Palworld	2−3 −1200%	24−27 +1200%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −127%	30−35 +127%
Valorant	8−9 −1113%	95−100 +1113%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 −850%	18−20 +850%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

−850%

18−20
+850%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2

100−110

+0%

100−110

+0%

Full HD
Medium

Counter-Strike 2

100−110

+0%

100−110

+0%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike 2

100−110

+0%

100−110

+0%

1440p
High

Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5

50−55

+0%

50−55

+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Palworld	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

4K
Epic

Palworld

14−16

+0%

14−16

+0%

This is how HD 8550M and T1000 compete in popular games:

T1000 is 1275% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Grand Theft Auto V, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the T1000 is 7600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

T1000 performs better in 44 tests (73%)
there's a draw in 16 tests (27%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.35	18.36
Recency	13 July 2014	6 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm

T1000 has a 1260% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133% more advanced lithography process.

The T1000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8550M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8550M is a notebook graphics card while T1000 is a workstation one.