Radeon R6 Graphics vs HD 8550G + HD 8670M Dual Graphics
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 947 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | no data | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | no data | Spectre Lite |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 August 2013 (12 years ago) | 17 September 2014 (11 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 | 640 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 720 / 975 MHz | 533 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2,410 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 14.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.4608 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 8 |
| TMUs | no data | 24 |
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 | IGP |
| Width | no data | IGP |
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 | DDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | System Shared |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 | no data | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11 | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 August 2013 | 17 September 2014 |
R6 Graphics has an age advantage of 1 year.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8550G + HD 8670M Dual Graphics and Radeon R6 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 8550G + HD 8670M Dual Graphics is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R6 Graphics is a desktop one.
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