GeForce 8800 GS vs Radeon HD 6550A

Place in the ranking	917	1127
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.61	0.57
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Pinewood	G92
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 February 2011 (13 years ago)	31 January 2008 (16 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	480	96
Core clock speed	550 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	627 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	105 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.20	26.40
Floating-point processing power	0.528 TFLOPS	0.264 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	12
TMUs	24	48

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).

Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin

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	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	384 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	38.4 GB/s

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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.0	4.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	-	1.1

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.

HD 6550A 1.83
+113%

8800 GS 0.86

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 6550A 707
+114%

8800 GS 330

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.83	0.86
Recency	7 February 2011	31 January 2008
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	384 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	105 Watt

HD 6550A has a 112.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 6550A is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800 GS in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6550A is a notebook card while GeForce 8800 GS is a desktop one.

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