AMD Radeon Pro 555
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
AMD Radeon Pro 555
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8870M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon Pro 555 and AMD Radeon HD 8870M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

359
Place in performance rating
517
Polaris
Architecture
GCN
Polaris 21
Code name
Venus
Mobile workstation
Type
Laptop
5 June 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
18 December 2012 (8 years ago)
$894
Price now
$338
4.35
Value for money
0.61
Polaris 21
GPU code name
Venus
Mobile workstation
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon Pro 555 and AMD Radeon HD 8870M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

768
Pipelines
640
855 MHz
Core clock speed
725 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
775 MHz
3,000 million
Transistor count
1,500 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
40.80
Texture fill rate
31.00
1,306 gflops
Floating-point performance
992.0 gflops
768
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
no data
Boost clock speed
775 MHz
3,000 million
Number of transistors
1,500 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon Pro 555 and AMD Radeon HD 8870M.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
large
Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon Pro 555 and AMD Radeon HD 8870M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5, DDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
5080 MHz
Memory clock speed
4500 MHz
81.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon Pro 555 and AMD Radeon HD 8870M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon Pro 555 and AMD Radeon HD 8870M is the additional functionality.

+
FreeSync
no data
+
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon Pro 555 and AMD Radeon HD 8870M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
2.0
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon Pro 555 and AMD Radeon HD 8870M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon Pro 555 or AMD Radeon HD 8870M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon Pro 555
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon Pro 555
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon Pro 555
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon Pro 555
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon Pro 555
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon Pro 555

6.95% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (768 vs 640)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

More memory bandwidth (81.6 GB/s vs 72 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Cheaper ($338 vs $894)

So, AMD Radeon Pro 555 or AMD Radeon HD 8870M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon Pro 555 .

AMD Radeon Pro 555 versus AMD Radeon HD 8870M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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