ATI Radeon HD 4550 vs HD 8330E

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8330E with Radeon HD 4550, including specs and performance data.

HD 8330E
2013
15 Watt
0.68
+11.5%

HD 8330E outperforms ATI HD 4550 by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11791202
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.111.67
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameKalindiRV710
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date23 April 2013 (11 years ago)30 September 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$59

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores12880
Core clock speed497 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million242 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate3.9764.800
Floating-point processing power0.1272 TFLOPS0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedDDR2
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared256 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared655 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data10.48 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model6.34.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

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.

HD 8330E 0.68
+11.5%
ATI HD 4550 0.61

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

HD 8330E 262
+11.5%
ATI HD 4550 235

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.68 0.61
Recency 23 April 2013 30 September 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 25 Watt

HD 8330E has a 11.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 8330E is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4550 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8330E is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4550 is a desktop one.


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