520 vs HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics

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Combined performance score

HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics
2.75
+35.5%

HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics outperforms 520 by 35% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking760836
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.912.09
Architectureno dataGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameno dataOland
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 August 2013 (10 years old)21 March 2017 (7 years old)
Current price$105 $140
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Radeon 520 has 130% better value for money than HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics.

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 cores640320
Core clock speed720 / 825 MHz1030 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data20.60
Floating-point performanceno data659.2 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics and Radeon 520 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.

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data16 GB/s
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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX1112.0
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkanno data+

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 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics 2.75
+35.5%
Radeon 520 2.03

HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics outperforms 520 by 35% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics 5999
+13.9%
Radeon 520 5266

HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics outperforms 520 by 14% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics 2353
+16.7%
Radeon 520 2017

HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics outperforms 520 by 17% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics 1303
Radeon 520 1319
+1.2%

520 outperforms HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics by 1% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics 10355
+23.1%
Radeon 520 8413

HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics outperforms 520 by 23% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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:

Full HD18−21
+20%
15
−20%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Hitman 3 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Hitman 3 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−42.9%
10
+42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+16.7%
6
−16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Hitman 3 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

This is how HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics and Radeon 520 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics is 20% faster than Radeon 520

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

  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics is 200% faster than the Radeon 520.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon 520 is 42.9% faster than the HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics is ahead in 40 tests (83%)
  • Radeon 520 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • there's a draw in 7 tests (15%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.75 2.03
Recency 1 August 2013 21 March 2017

The Radeon HD 8550G + HD 8750M Dual Graphics is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 520 in performance tests.


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