ATI Radeon HD 3410 vs HD 8550G
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1144 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.16 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | Devastator Lite | RV610 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 May 2013 (12 years ago) | 7 May 2009 (16 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 | 256 | 40 |
| Core clock speed | 515 MHz | 519 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 720 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 180 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 20 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 11.52 | 2.076 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3686 TFLOPS | 0.04152 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| TMUs | 16 | 4 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 32 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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | System Shared | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 396 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 6.336 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
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 outputs | 1x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 10.0 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 May 2013 | 7 May 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 20 Watt |
HD 8550G has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.
ATI HD 3410, on the other hand, has 75% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8550G and Radeon HD 3410. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 8550G is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 3410 is a desktop one.
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