Radeon RX 6500 vs HD 6550M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 6550M and Radeon RX 6500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RX 6500 outperforms HD 6550M by a whopping 1304% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1027 | 302 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.66 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | no data |
| GPU code name | Lexington | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 26 November 2010 (14 years ago) | no data |
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 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2,154 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 26 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 12.00 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.48 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | no data |
| TMUs | 20 | no data |
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 | no data |
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 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | no data |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
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
−1257%
| 190−200
+1257%
|
| Full HD | 19
−1268%
| 260−270
+1268%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−1233%
|
40−45
+1233%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 2−3
−1250%
|
27−30
+1250%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3
−3750%
|
75−80
+3750%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−1233%
|
40−45
+1233%
|
| Fortnite | 4−5
−2350%
|
95−100
+2350%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−971%
|
75−80
+971%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 2−3
−1250%
|
27−30
+1250%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−667%
|
65−70
+667%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−309%
|
130−140
+309%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3
−3750%
|
75−80
+3750%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 27−30
−676%
|
220−230
+676%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−1233%
|
40−45
+1233%
|
| Dota 2 | 16−18
−524%
|
100−110
+524%
|
| Fortnite | 4−5
−2350%
|
95−100
+2350%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−971%
|
75−80
+971%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 1−2
−6800%
|
65−70
+6800%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 2−3
−1250%
|
27−30
+1250%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−1850%
|
35−40
+1850%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−667%
|
65−70
+667%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−767%
|
50−55
+767%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−309%
|
130−140
+309%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3
−3750%
|
75−80
+3750%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−1233%
|
40−45
+1233%
|
| Dota 2 | 16−18
−524%
|
100−110
+524%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−971%
|
75−80
+971%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 2−3
−1250%
|
27−30
+1250%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−667%
|
65−70
+667%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−767%
|
50−55
+767%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−1224%
|
450−500
+1224%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 4−5
−2350%
|
95−100
+2350%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 8−9
−1563%
|
130−140
+1563%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 12−14
−1233%
|
160−170
+1233%
|
| Valorant | 5−6
−3400%
|
170−180
+3400%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−1300%
|
14−16
+1300%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−4000%
|
40−45
+4000%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−1433%
|
45−50
+1433%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
−1250%
|
27−30
+1250%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3
−2000%
|
40−45
+2000%
|
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−120%
|
30−35
+120%
|
| Valorant | 7−8
−1386%
|
100−110
+1386%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 1−2
−6200%
|
60−65
+6200%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−900%
|
20−22
+900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−800%
|
18−20
+800%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3
−850%
|
18−20
+850%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Metro Exodus | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
This is how HD 6550M and RX 6500 compete in popular games:
- RX 6500 is 1257% faster in 900p
- RX 6500 is 1268% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Grand Theft Auto V, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 6500 is 6800% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RX 6500 is ahead in 32 tests (73%)
- there's a draw in 12 tests (27%)
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