Radeon RX 6550M vs HD 6550M

Place in the ranking	1014	213
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.65	21.79
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Lexington	Navi 24
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	26 November 2010 (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 cores	400	1024
Core clock speed	600 MHz	2000 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2840 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.00	181.8
Floating-point processing power	0.48 TFLOPS	5.816 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	20	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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	medium sized
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 4.0 x4
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	144.0 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

Portable Device Dependent

API 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	2.2
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 1.36

RX 6550M 25.01
+1739%

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 6550M 20506
+1965%

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 −1686%	250−260 +1686%
Full HD	19 −295%	75 +295%
1440p	1−2 −2200%	23 +2200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−900%

40−45
+900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −800%	50−55 +800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1150%	50−55 +1150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5500%	55−60 +5500%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −2033%	60−65 +2033%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −7100%	140−150 +7100%
Hitman 3	6−7 −717%	45−50 +717%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −707%	110−120 +707%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −3100%	60−65 +3100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −938%	80−85 +938%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −209%	100−110 +209%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −800%	50−55 +800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1150%	50−55 +1150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5500%	55−60 +5500%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −2033%	60−65 +2033%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −7100%	140−150 +7100%
Hitman 3	6−7 −717%	45−50 +717%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −707%	110−120 +707%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −3100%	60−65 +3100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −1163%	101 +1163%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −382%	50−55 +382%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −209%	100−110 +209%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −800%	50−55 +800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1150%	50−55 +1150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5500%	55−60 +5500%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −7100%	140−150 +7100%
Hitman 3	6−7 −717%	45−50 +717%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −707%	110−120 +707%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −1000%	88 +1000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −345%	49 +345%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −209%	100−110 +209%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−3100%

60−65
+3100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −4600%	45−50 +4600%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1750%	35−40 +1750%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2400%	24−27 +2400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	27−30
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1400%	14−16 +1400%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2700%	27−30 +2700%
Hitman 3	7−8 −314%	27−30 +314%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −2217%	130−140 +2217%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−925%

40−45
+925%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

18−20

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1400%	14−16 +1400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	14−16
Far Cry 5	0−1	14−16

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−600%

21−24
+600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

40−45

+0%

40−45

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Hitman 3	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

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

RX 6550M is 1686% faster in 900p
RX 6550M is 295% faster in 1080p
RX 6550M is 2200% faster in 1440p

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 6550M is 7100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 6550M is ahead in 48 tests (71%)
there's a draw in 20 tests (29%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.36	25.01
Recency	26 November 2010	4 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	80 Watt

HD 6550M has 207.7% lower power consumption.

RX 6550M, on the other hand, has a 1739% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6550M 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.