Radeon HD 8550 OEM vs FirePro D300
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 513 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.75 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Pitcairn | Turks |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 18 January 2014 (12 years ago) | 25 October 2013 (12 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1280 | 480 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | 716 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 68.00 | 15.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.176 TFLOPS | 0.624 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 80 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 320 KB | 48 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 256 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 242 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1270 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 162.6 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
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 | 4x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 January 2014 | 25 October 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 60 Watt |
FirePro D300 has an age advantage of 2 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
HD 8550 OEM, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro D300 and Radeon HD 8550 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro D300 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 8550 OEM is a desktop one.
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