Radeon Sky 700 vs HD 8550 OEM
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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 | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Turks | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 25 October 2013 (12 years ago) | 27 March 2013 (12 years 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 | 480 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 225 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | 100.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.624 TFLOPS | 3.226 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 24 | 112 |
| L1 Cache | 48 KB | 448 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 768 KB |
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).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |
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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 176 GB/s |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | + | - |
| DisplayPort count | no data | 1 |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 October 2013 | 27 March 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 225 Watt |
HD 8550 OEM has an age advantage of 6 months, and 275% lower power consumption.
Sky 700, on the other hand, has a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8550 OEM and Radeon Sky 700. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 8550 OEM is a desktop graphics card while Radeon Sky 700 is a workstation one.
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