Radeon RX 7600S vs HD 6550M

Place in the ranking	1017	120
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.63	35.58
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Lexington	Navi 33
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	1792
Core clock speed	600 MHz	1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2200 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.00	246.4
Floating-point processing power	0.48 TFLOPS	15.77 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	64
TMUs	20	112
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	28

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	PCIe 4.0 x16
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	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	256.0 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 1.37

RX 7600S 38.76
+2729%

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 7600S 34218
+3346%

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 7600S 79339
+2026%

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 −2400%	350−400 +2400%
Full HD	18 −456%	100 +456%
1440p	1−2 −4700%	48 +4700%
4K	0−1	26

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −1000%	99 +1000%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1975%	80−85 +1975%
Elden Ring	1−2 −13500%	130−140 +13500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −10300%	100−110 +10300%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −822%	83 +822%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1200%	52 +1200%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −2433%	228 +2433%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −986%	75−80 +986%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −10300%	100−110 +10300%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −733%	75 +733%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −950%	42 +950%
Dota 2	1−2 −12100%	122 +12100%
Elden Ring	1−2 −14400%	145 +14400%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −409%	56 +409%
Fortnite	6−7 −2733%	170−180 +2733%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −2011%	190 +2011%
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2 −12500%	126 +12500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −1233%	200−210 +1233%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −986%	75−80 +986%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −1857%	130−140 +1857%
World of Tanks	27−30 −862%	270−280 +862%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −10300%	100−110 +10300%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −522%	56 +522%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −775%	35 +775%
Dota 2	1−2 −10900%	110 +10900%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −782%	95−100 +782%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −1711%	163 +1711%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −1233%	200−210 +1233%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −2088%	170−180 +2088%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	35−40
World of Tanks	8−9 −2975%	240−250 +2975%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −167%	24 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −950%	21 +950%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −2400%	120−130 +2400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −2133%	65−70 +2133%
Valorant	7−8 −1629%	120−130 +1629%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −375%	75−80 +375%
Elden Ring	0−1	37
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −407%	75−80 +407%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 −3025%	120−130 +3025%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	24−27
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −407%	75−80 +407%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −4400%	45−50 +4400%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −800%	9 +800%
Dota 2	16−18 −375%	75−80 +375%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5600%	55−60 +5600%
Valorant	1−2 −6300%	60−65 +6300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Metro Exodus	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Valorant	209 +0%	209 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Metro Exodus	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Valorant	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Valorant

179

+0%

179

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Elden Ring	76 +0%	76 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Metro Exodus	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Fortnite	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

This is how HD 6550M and RX 7600S compete in popular games:

RX 7600S is 2400% faster in 900p
RX 7600S is 456% faster in 1080p
RX 7600S is 4700% faster in 1440p

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

in Elden Ring, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 7600S is 14400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 7600S is ahead in 44 tests (73%)
there's a draw in 16 tests (27%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.37	38.76
Recency	26 November 2010	4 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	75 Watt

HD 6550M has 188.5% lower power consumption.

RX 7600S, on the other hand, has a 2729.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7600S 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.