Radeon HD 8550D IGP vs GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	GF110	Scrapper
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	6 June 2011 (14 years ago)	23 May 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	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	512	256
Core clock speed	772 MHz	720 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	844 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	244 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	49.41	13.50
Floating-point processing power	1.581 TFLOPS	0.4321 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	8
TMUs	64	16
L1 Cache	1 MB	no data
L2 Cache	768 KB	no data

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 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	384 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1002 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	192.4 GB/s	no data
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	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.0	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 June 2011	23 May 2013
Chip lithography	40 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	244 Watt	65 Watt