Radeon RX 6550S vs GeForce 6500
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1450 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | NV44 A2 | Navi 24 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 October 2005 (19 years ago) | 4 January 2023 (1 year 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 | no data | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 75 million | 5,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.600 | 153.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 4.915 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 32 |
| TMUs | 4 | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
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 | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| 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 | DDR2 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 266 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 8.512 GB/s | 128.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2005 | 4 January 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 110 nm | 6 nm |
RX 6550S has an age advantage of 17 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1733.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 6500 and Radeon RX 6550S. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 6500 is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6550S is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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