Radeon HD 8550G vs GeForce GTS 360M

Place in performance ranking	894	1055
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.14	0.03
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	Terascale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	N11E-GS1	Richland
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	12 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Current price	$230	$338

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTS 360M has 367% better value for money than HD 8550G.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	256
CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	575 MHz	515 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	720 MHz
Number of transistors	727 million	1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	38 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.60	11.52
Floating-point performance	275.71 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	413	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTS 360M and Radeon HD 8550G compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	medium sized
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-II	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	no data
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	no data

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, GDDR3, GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	Up to 2000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.1	5.0
OpenGL	2.1	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTS 360M 1.69
+59.4%

HD 8550G 1.06

GeForce GTS 360M outperforms Radeon HD 8550G by 59% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTS 360M 653
+59.3%

HD 8550G 410

GeForce GTS 360M outperforms Radeon HD 8550G by 59% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTS 360M 5522
+32.3%

HD 8550G 4174

GeForce GTS 360M outperforms Radeon HD 8550G by 32% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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:

900p	18 +80%	10−12 −80%
Full HD	20 +25%	16 −25%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Hitman 3	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +38.5%	12−14 −38.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +45.5%	10−12 −45.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Hitman 3	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +38.5%	12−14 −38.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +45.5%	10−12 −45.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +38.5%	12−14 −38.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +45.5%	10−12 −45.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2
+0%

1−2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+50%

4−5

−50%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%