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    Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics vs Radeon R9 270

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics and Radeon R9 270, 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 Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics stacks up against Radeon R9 270, check out specs charts below.
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    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:

    Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics Radeon R9 270
    Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin
    Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 270 - in Desktops.
    • Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics is manufactured by 32 / 28 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 270 - by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 1−2 21−24
    ultra / 1080p 0−1 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 7−8
    4K / 2160p − 5−6
    low / 720p 12−14 40−45
    medium / 1080p 3−4 27−30
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 416% more, than Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics Radeon R9 270
    Architecture GCN 1.0
    Code name Curacao
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 1 August 2013 13 November 2013
    Pipelines 640 1280
    Core clock speed 720 / 825 MHz
    Boost Clock 925 MHz
    Transistor count 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 32 / 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 74.00
    Floating-point performance 2,368 gflops
    Length 210 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan +
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 293 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    TrueAudio +
    Design reference
    DisplayPort support +
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 16 Mh/s
    LiquidVR +
    TressFX +
    UVD +
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