Radeon HD 8550M vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Place in the ranking	325	971
Place by popularity	5	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	13.69	no data
Power efficiency	15.11	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	GP107	Sun
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	25 October 2016 (8 years ago)	13 July 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$139	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	768	320
Core clock speed	1291 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz	850 MHz
Number of transistors	3,300 million	690 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	66.82	17.00
Floating-point processing power	2.138 TFLOPS	0.544 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	8
TMUs	48	20

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	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	14.4 GB/s
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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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.

GTX 1050 Ti 16.36
+991%

HD 8550M 1.50

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.

GTX 1050 Ti 9453
+623%

HD 8550M 1307

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	49 +1125%	4−5 −1125%
1440p	28 +1300%	2−3 −1300%
4K	26 +1200%	2−3 −1200%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.84	no data
1440p	4.96	no data
4K	5.35	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

24−27
+550%

4−5

−550%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	48 +700%	6−7 −700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 +1250%	2−3 −1250%
Battlefield 5	53 +1225%	4−5 −1225%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 +725%	4−5 −725%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +550%	4−5 −550%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +1800%	2−3 −1800%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 +1367%	3−4 −1367%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +3400%	3−4 −3400%
Hitman 3	30−35 +417%	6−7 −417%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +447%	14−16 −447%
Metro Exodus	56 +1020%	5−6 −1020%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +2150%	2−3 −2150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80 +900%	8−9 −900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 +148%	30−35 −148%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	64 +967%	6−7 −967%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 +1250%	2−3 −1250%
Battlefield 5	44 +1000%	4−5 −1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 +725%	4−5 −725%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +550%	4−5 −550%
Far Cry 5	35 +1650%	2−3 −1650%
Far Cry New Dawn	41 +1267%	3−4 −1267%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +3400%	3−4 −3400%
Hitman 3	30−35 +417%	6−7 −417%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +447%	14−16 −447%
Metro Exodus	46 +1050%	4−5 −1050%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +2150%	2−3 −2150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50 +525%	8−9 −525%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +245%	10−12 −245%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 +148%	30−35 −148%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24 +300%	6−7 −300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 +1250%	2−3 −1250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 +725%	4−5 −725%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +550%	4−5 −550%
Far Cry 5	27 +1250%	2−3 −1250%
Forza Horizon 4	45 +1400%	3−4 −1400%
Hitman 3	30−35 +417%	6−7 −417%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45 +200%	14−16 −200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	43 +438%	8−9 −438%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	26 +136%	10−12 −136%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 +148%	30−35 −148%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50
+2150%

2−3

−2150%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +1500%	2−3 −1500%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +1150%	2−3 −1150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +850%	2−3 −850%
Forza Horizon 4	75 +1150%	6−7 −1150%
Hitman 3	18−20 +171%	7−8 −171%
Horizon Zero Dawn	32 +540%	5−6 −540%
Metro Exodus	29 +1350%	2−3 −1350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30 +1400%	2−3 −1400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +1700%	1−2 −1700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +1314%	7−8 −1314%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30
+575%

4−5

−575%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Hitman 3	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +1086%	7−8 −1086%
Metro Exodus	14 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	0−1
Far Cry 5	9−10	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	20 +1900%	1−2 −1900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 +1600%	1−2 −1600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16
+400%

3−4

−400%

This is how GTX 1050 Ti and HD 8550M compete in popular games:

GTX 1050 Ti is 1125% faster in 1080p
GTX 1050 Ti is 1300% faster in 1440p
GTX 1050 Ti is 1200% faster in 4K

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1050 Ti is 3400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, GTX 1050 Ti surpassed HD 8550M in all 49 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	16.36	1.50
Recency	25 October 2016	13 July 2014
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm

GTX 1050 Ti has a 990.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8550M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a desktop card while Radeon HD 8550M is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.