Radeon 740M vs HD 6550M

Place in the ranking	1021	515
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.67	38.10
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2025)
GPU code name	Lexington	Phoenix
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	26 November 2010 (14 years ago)	4 January 2023 (2 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	400	256
Core clock speed	600 MHz	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2500 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.00	40.00
Floating-point processing power	0.48 TFLOPS	2.56 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	20	16
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	4

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	MXM-II	PCIe 4.0 x8
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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	no data
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

Portable Device Dependent

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.7
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3

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 6550M 1.37

Radeon 740M 8.21
+499%

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 6550M 993

Radeon 740M 7490
+654%

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	14 −471%	80−85 +471%
Full HD	18 −11.1%	20 +11.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −54.5%	16−18 +54.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −325%	16−18 +325%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −54.5%	16−18 +54.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −325%	16−18 +325%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −422%	47 +422%
Metro Exodus	0−1	21−24
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −229%	21−24 +229%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −27.3%	14 +27.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −325%	16−18 +325%
Dota 2	1−2 −2900%	30 +2900%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −90.9%	21 +90.9%
Fortnite	6−7 −717%	45−50 +717%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −311%	37 +311%
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3 −1350%	27−30 +1350%
Metro Exodus	0−1	21−24
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −340%	65−70 +340%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −229%	21−24 +229%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −257%	24−27 +257%
World of Tanks	27−30 −328%	120−130 +328%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −54.5%	16−18 +54.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −325%	16−18 +325%
Dota 2	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −218%	35−40 +218%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −233%	30 +233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −340%	65−70 +340%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −413%	40−45 +413%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	7−8
World of Tanks	8−9 −650%	60−65 +650%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −240%	16−18 +240%
Forza Horizon 5	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −120%	10−12 +120%
Valorant	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −18.8%	18−20 +18.8%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −26.7%	18−20 +26.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 −500%	24−27 +500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	5−6
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −26.7%	18−20 +26.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Dota 2	16−18 −494%	95−100 +494%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Valorant	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Forza Horizon 5	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Valorant	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Forza Horizon 5	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Valorant	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 5	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Valorant	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Fortnite	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how HD 6550M and Radeon 740M compete in popular games:

Radeon 740M is 471% faster in 900p
Radeon 740M is 11% faster in 1080p

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

in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon 740M is 2900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Radeon 740M is ahead in 40 tests (69%)
there's a draw in 18 tests (31%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.37	8.21
Recency	26 November 2010	4 January 2023
Chip lithography	40 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	15 Watt

Radeon 740M has a 499.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 900% more advanced lithography process, and 73.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 740M 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.