AMD Radeon HD 6550D vs HD 8470D
General info
Technical specs
Memory
Benchmarks
Gaming
Conclusion
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General info
Comparison of Radeon HD 6550D and Radeon HD 8470D architecture, market type and release date.
Technical specs
Radeon HD 6550D and Radeon HD 8470D's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon HD 6550D and Radeon HD 8470D's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines
400
128
Core clock speed
600 MHz
800 MHz
Transistor count
1000 Million
n/d
Manufacturing process technology
32 nm
32 nm
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon HD 6550D and Radeon HD 8470D: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
Shared memory
+
+
API support
APIs supported by Radeon HD 6550D and Radeon HD 8470D, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Radeon HD 6550D and Radeon HD 8470D. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
HD 6550D
0.86 +22.9%
HD 8470D
0.70
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
HD 6550D
952 +11.5%
HD 8470D
854
3DMark Vantage Performance
HD 6550D
3930 +14.7%
HD 8470D
3426
Passmark
HD 6550D
641 +23%
HD 8470D
521
Rendering quality tests
GFXBench render quality
4546 +0%
4546 +0%
GFXBench high precision render quality
4546 +0%
4546 +0%
Gaming performance
Let's see how good Radeon HD 6550D and Radeon HD 8470D are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6550D
22.9% faster in synthetic tests
More pipelines (400 vs 128)
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8470D
Much newer (5 June 2013 vs 30 June 2011)
So, HD 6550D or HD 8470D?
Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, Technical City recommends AMD Radeon HD 6550D.
Should you still have questions on choice between Radeon HD 6550D and Radeon HD 8470D, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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