Radeon HD 6550M vs GeForce 845M

Place in the ranking	696	1016
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	8.21	3.59
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GM108	Lexington
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	26 August 2015 (9 years ago)	26 November 2010 (14 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	384	400
Core clock speed	1071 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	26 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.63	12.00
Floating-point processing power	0.9032 TFLOPS	0.48 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	32	20

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	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-II

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	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB/s	28.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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

No outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 845M 3.95
+190%

HD 6550M 1.36

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GeForce 845M 2973
+199%

HD 6550M 993

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	40−45 +186%	14 −186%
Full HD	21 +10.5%	19 −10.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8
+75%

4−5

−75%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Battlefield 5	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +1050%	2−3 −1050%
Hitman 3	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +92.9%	14−16 −92.9%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +30.3%	30−35 −30.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Battlefield 5	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +1050%	2−3 −1050%
Hitman 3	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +92.9%	14−16 −92.9%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +45.5%	10−12 −45.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +30.3%	30−35 −30.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +1050%	2−3 −1050%
Hitman 3	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 +92.9%	14−16 −92.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +45.5%	10−12 −45.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +30.3%	30−35 −30.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11
+400%

2−3

−400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Hitman 3	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 +300%	6−7 −300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9
+100%

4−5

−100%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
+66.7%

3−4

−66.7%

This is how GeForce 845M and HD 6550M compete in popular games:

GeForce 845M is 186% faster in 900p
GeForce 845M is 11% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce 845M is 1050% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, GeForce 845M surpassed HD 6550M in all 48 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.95	1.36
Recency	26 August 2015	26 November 2010
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	26 Watt

GeForce 845M has a 190.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

HD 6550M, on the other hand, has 73.1% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 845M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6550M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.