Radeon HD 8510G vs HD Graphics 5500

Place in performance ranking	930	1082
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.06	0.01
Architecture	Gen. 8 Broadwell (2014−2015)	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	Broadwell GT2	Trinity
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	5 January 2015 (9 years old)	23 May 2013 (10 years old)
Current price	$410	$659

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD Graphics 5500 has 500% better value for money than HD 8510G.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	24	384
Core clock speed	300 MHz	450 MHz
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	554 MHz
Number of transistors	1,300 million	1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	22.80	17.28

Size and compatibility

Information on HD Graphics 5500 and Radeon HD 8510G compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface

PCIe 2.0 x1

IGP

Memory

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	System Shared	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	System Shared
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	System Shared	System Shared
Shared memory	+	+

Video outputs and ports

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 outputs

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.80	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 Graphics 5500 1.50
+63%

HD 8510G 0.92

HD Graphics 5500 outperforms Radeon HD 8510G by 63% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD Graphics 5500 581
+63.2%

HD 8510G 356

HD Graphics 5500 outperforms Radeon HD 8510G by 63% in Passmark.

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	13 +85.7%	7−8 −85.7%
Full HD	10 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	2−3	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	2−3	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2	0−1
Metro Exodus	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2 −50%	3−4 +50%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how HD Graphics 5500 and HD 8510G compete in popular games:

HD Graphics 5500 is 85.7% faster than HD 8510G in 900p
HD Graphics 5500 is 66.7% faster than HD 8510G in 1080p

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

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the HD Graphics 5500 is 100% faster than the HD 8510G.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 8510G is 50% faster than the HD Graphics 5500.

All in all, in popular games: