GeForce 720A vs Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 720A and Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 720A stacks up against Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 720A Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce 720A is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics - in Laptops.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 720A is 55 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics.
  • GeForce 720A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics - by 32 / 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 720A is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 1−2
ultra / 1080p 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 12−14
medium / 1080p 0−1 3−4
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1200% more, than GeForce 720A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 720A Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics
Architecture Fermi 2.0
Code name GF117
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 1 July 2014 1 August 2013
Pipelines 96 640
Core clock speed 775 MHz 720 / 825 MHz
Boost Clock 938 MHz
Transistor count 585 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 / 28 nm
Texture fill rate 15.01
Floating-point performance 360.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
Laptop size medium sized
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