Radeon 780M vs HD 6550D

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6550D with Radeon 780M, including specs and performance data.

HD 6550D
2011
65 Watt
1.04

780M outperforms HD 6550D by a whopping 1662% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1099302
Place by popularitynot in top-10049
Power efficiency1.1083.73
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameSumoPhoenix
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 June 2011 (13 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 cores400768
Core clock speed600 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2700 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate12.00129.6
Floating-point processing power0.48 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs2048
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x8
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.8
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.1
VulkanN/A1.3

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 6550D 1.04
Radeon 780M 18.32
+1662%

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 6550D 400
Radeon 780M 7060
+1665%

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.

HD 6550D 952
Radeon 780M 12785
+1244%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 6550D 3930
Radeon 780M 41622
+959%

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:

Full HD20
−80%
36
+80%
1440p1−2
−1900%
20
+1900%
4K0−113

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1200%
39
+1200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−720%
40−45
+720%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−825%
35−40
+825%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−933%
31
+933%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−4200%
40−45
+4200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−2350%
45−50
+2350%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 110−120
Hitman 3 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−592%
90−95
+592%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−4800%
45−50
+4800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−757%
60−65
+757%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−172%
85−90
+172%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−720%
40−45
+720%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−825%
35−40
+825%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−700%
24
+700%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−4200%
40−45
+4200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−2350%
45−50
+2350%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 110−120
Hitman 3 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−592%
90−95
+592%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−4800%
45−50
+4800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−671%
54
+671%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−282%
40−45
+282%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−172%
85−90
+172%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−720%
40−45
+720%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−825%
35−40
+825%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−667%
23
+667%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−4200%
40−45
+4200%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 110−120
Hitman 3 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−308%
53
+308%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−557%
46
+557%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−164%
29
+164%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+77.8%
18
−77.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−4800%
45−50
+4800%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−3400%
35−40
+3400%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−2700%
27−30
+2700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1800%
18−20
+1800%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Hitman 3 7−8
−214%
21−24
+214%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−825%
35−40
+825%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 20
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−2650%
110−120
+2650%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−650%
30−33
+650%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 14−16

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 9−10
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 10−11
Far Cry 5 0−1 10−11

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−700%
16−18
+700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 100−105
+0%
100−105
+0%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 32
+0%
32
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Hitman 3 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 15
+0%
15
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 17
+0%
17
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

This is how HD 6550D and Radeon 780M compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 780M is 80% faster in 1080p
  • Radeon 780M is 1900% faster in 1440p

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6550D is 78% faster.
  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 780M is 4800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 6550D is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • Radeon 780M is ahead in 42 tests (66%)
  • there's a draw in 21 test (33%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.04 18.32
Recency 20 June 2011 4 January 2023
Chip lithography 32 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Radeon 780M has a 1661.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 780M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6550D in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6550D is a desktop card while Radeon 780M 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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