ATI Radeon 9550 vs HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics

Place in the ranking	943	1461
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Terascale 3 (2010−2013)	Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code name	no data	RV350
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)	1 October 2003 (21 year 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	736	no data
Core clock speed	655 / 600 MHz	250 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	60 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	no data	1.000
ROPs	no data	4
TMUs	no data	4

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	medium sized	no data
Interface	no data	AGP 8x
Width	no data	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	no data	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	no data	64 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	6.4 GB/s
Shared memory	+	no data

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

no data

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	9.0 (9_0)
OpenGL	no data	2.0
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

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	23 +2200%	1−2 −2200%
Full HD	16	0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +3300%	1−2 −3300%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +3300%	1−2 −3300%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +3300%	1−2 −3300%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	7−8	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

0−1

This is how HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics and ATI 9550 compete in popular games:

HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics is 2200% faster in 900p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.67	0.09
Recency	15 May 2012	1 October 2003
Chip lithography	40 nm	130 nm

HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics has a 1755.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9550 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics is a notebook card while Radeon 9550 is a desktop one.

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