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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Radeon HD 8450G | GeForce GT 550M 2GB |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2024% | 1122% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 1843% | 1017% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 1780% | 981% |
| Hitman 3 | 2663% | 1489% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 2889% | 1619% |
| FIFA 21 | 971% | 516% |
| Far Cry 6 | 2973% | 1668% |
| Genshin Impact | 2024% | 1122% |
| World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | 2945% | 1651% |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 1949% | 1078% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GT 550M 2GB are significantly better than the AMD Radeon HD 8450G.
The Radeon HD 8450G was released over a year more recently than the GT 550M, and so the Radeon HD 8450G is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the GT 550M.
The GT 550M has 2048 MB video memory, but the Radeon HD 8450G does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.
The Radeon HD 8450G has 192 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GT 550M 2GB has 96. However, the actual shader performance of the Radeon HD 8450G is 102 and the actual shader performance of the GT 550M is 142. The GT 550M having 40 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GT 550M delivers a slightly smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the Radeon HD 8450G.
The Radeon HD 8450G requires 35 Watts to run and the GeForce GT 550M 2GB requires 35 Watts. The two GPUs require the same amount of wattage to run. As such, there is no need to worry about which will more significantly affect your yearly electricity bills.
| Core Speed | 533 MHz | vs |  | 740 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | - | vs | - | ||
| Architecture | Terascale 3 | Fermi GF108 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs |
| Poor | |
| Driver Support | - | vs | Poor | ||
| Release Date | 12 Mar 2013 | | vs | 06 Jan 2011 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | - | vs | |
5.3
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600x900 | - | vs | |
3.9
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| 1920x1080 | - | vs | |
2.6
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| 2560x1440 | - | vs | |
1.9
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| 3840x2160 | - | |
vs | |
- |
| Memory | N/A | vs | | 2048 MB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz | vs | | 900 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | | vs | | 128 Bit |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | | vs | | DDR3 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 25.6GB/sec | vs | | 28.8GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | - | vs | |
256 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 192 | | vs | 96 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 5% | vs | | 7% | |
| Technology | - | vs | | 40nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | - | vs | | 16 | |
| Texture Rate | - | vs | | 11.8 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | - | vs | | 4 | |
| Pixel Rate | - | vs | | 3 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 2560x1600 | | vs | | 2560x1600 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 35 Watts | | vs | | 35 Watts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 11.1 | vs | | 12.0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.2 | vs | | 4.5 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | no | vs | | yes | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | - | Intel Core i3-2330M 2.2GHz | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended RAM | - | 4 GB | |||
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | - | | 1366x768 | ||
| Performance Value |  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mini Review | Radeon HD 8450G is an integrated mobile GPU, first seen on the APU A6-5350M, based on the 32nm, Terascale 3 architecture. It offer 192 Shader Processing Units, 12 TMUs and 4 ROPs, on a DDR3 memory interface of either a 128-bit bus width, if the laptop system RAM's is dual-channelled, or a 64-bit bus width, if not. The central units runs at 533MHz and goes up to 720MHz, in Turbo Mode. The memory clock can operate up to 800MHz, as the max memory supported by the CPU is DDR3-1600. Its performance depends somewhat on whether or not the memory is dual-channelled. Benchmarks put its performance on level with today's entry-level dedicated GPUs such as GeForce GT 610M or Radeon HD 7470M. Therefore, modern some demanding games can be played with medium detail but most will require further reduced settings. | Overview GeForce GT 550M 2GB is a middle-class Mobile Graphics Card based on the first revision of the Fermi Architecture. Architecture The Fermi Architecture is manufactured with a 40nm technology and uses a technique known as Hot Clocking: The Shaders are clocked twice as fast as the Central Unit. While this leads to a reasonable performance boost, it causes enormous amounts of energy dissipation, leading, ultimately, to a significantly higher operating temperature. Fermi is also the first GPU architecture with fully cached memory access which increases memory performance. GPU It equips a GPU Codenamed GF108 which has 2 Stream Multiprocessors activated and thus offers 96 Shader Processing Units, 16 TMUs and 4 ROPs. The Central Unit is clocked at 740MHz. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of DDR3, through a 128-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is exaggerated and in no way benefits the GPU. The Memory Clock Operates at 900MHz. Features DirectX 11.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for Optimus, 3D Vision Surround, PhysX, Realtime Raytracing and other technologies Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 35W, it is suited for 15" or larger laptops. Performance Gaming benchmarks put its performance only slightly above a desktop GeForce GT 430. System Suggestions We recommend a modest processor (Intel Core i3 Mobile) and 4GB of RAM for a system with GeForce GT 550M 2GB. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | ||||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||