Radeon 625 OEM vs HD 8550M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1056 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | Sun | Polaris 24 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 13 July 2014 (11 years ago) | 13 May 2019 (6 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 | 320 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 1024 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 850 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 690 million | 1,550 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 17.00 | 24.58 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.544 TFLOPS | 0.7864 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 20 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 80 KB | 96 KB |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 128 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 | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| 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 | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 36 GB/s |
| 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 outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 (6.0) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.170 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 July 2014 | 13 May 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
625 OEM has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8550M and Radeon 625 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 8550M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon 625 OEM is a desktop one.
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