Radeon RX 560X Mobile vs HD 6550M

Place in the ranking	1017	427
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.63	11.48
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Lexington	Polaris 21
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	26 November 2010 (14 years ago)	11 April 2018 (6 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	1024
Core clock speed	600 MHz	1275 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1202 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.00	81.60
Floating-point processing power	0.48 TFLOPS	2.611 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	20	64

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	large
Interface	MXM-II	MXM-B (3.0)

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	92.8 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.

FreeSync

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

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

RX 560X Mobile 10.84
+691%

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

RX 560X Mobile 8212
+727%

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 6550M 3731

RX 560X Mobile 19829
+431%

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 −686%	110−120 +686%
Full HD	18 −88.9%	34 +88.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −100%	18 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −475%	23 +475%
Elden Ring	1−2 −3000%	31 +3000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −3400%	35 +3400%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −66.7%	15 +66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −350%	18 +350%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −467%	51 +467%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −571%	47 +571%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −4300%	44 +4300%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −122%	20−22 +122%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −275%	15 +275%
Dota 2	1−2 −4600%	47 +4600%
Elden Ring	1−2 −2700%	28 +2700%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −155%	28 +155%
Fortnite	6−7 −733%	50 +733%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −367%	42 +367%
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2 −3500%	36 +3500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −573%	101 +573%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −300%	27−30 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −371%	30−35 +371%
World of Tanks	27−30 −321%	122 +321%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −3000%	31 +3000%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −122%	20−22 +122%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −75%	7 +75%
Dota 2	1−2 −6500%	66 +6500%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −291%	40−45 +291%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −311%	37 +311%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −93.3%	29 +93.3%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −538%	50−55 +538%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	9−10
World of Tanks	8−9 −875%	75−80 +875%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −333%	12−14 +333%
Valorant	7−8 −286%	27−30 +286%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −31.3%	21−24 +31.3%
Elden Ring	0−1	7−8
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −40%	21−24 +40%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 −700%	30−35 +700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	7−8
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −40%	21−24 +40%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Dota 2	16−18 −31.3%	21−24 +31.3%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Valorant	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Metro Exodus	39 +0%	39 +0%
Valorant	50 +0%	50 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Metro Exodus	26 +0%	26 +0%
Valorant	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Valorant

40−45

+0%

40−45

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Elden Ring	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Fortnite	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

This is how HD 6550M and RX 560X Mobile compete in popular games:

RX 560X Mobile is 686% faster in 900p
RX 560X Mobile is 89% faster in 1080p

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

in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 560X Mobile is 6500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 560X Mobile is ahead in 44 tests (73%)
there's a draw in 16 tests (27%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.37	10.84
Recency	26 November 2010	11 April 2018
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	65 Watt

HD 6550M has 150% lower power consumption.

RX 560X Mobile, on the other hand, has a 691.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 560X Mobile 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.