GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh vs Radeon HD 8550M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1032 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Sun | TU106B |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 13 July 2014 (11 years ago) | 16 June 2020 (5 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 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 850 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 690 million | 10,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 115 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 17.00 | 162.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.544 TFLOPS | 5.184 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 64 |
| TMUs | 20 | 144 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 288 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 36 |
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 x16 |
| 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 352.0 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 compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 July 2014 | 16 June 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 12 nm |
RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh has an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.
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