ATI Radeon X550 vs HD 6930

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6930 and Radeon X550, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6930
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 186 Watt
7.28
+5500%

HD 6930 outperforms ATI X550 by a whopping 5500% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking5391434
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.13no data
Power efficiency2.68no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code nameCaymanRV370
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 December 2011 (13 years ago)1 July 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$180 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1280no data
Core clock speed750 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 million107 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)186 Wattno data
Texture fill rate60.001.600
Floating-point processing power1.92 TFLOPSno data
ROPs324
TMUs804

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length220 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s8 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.42.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.28 0.13
Recency 1 December 2011 1 July 2005
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 110 nm

HD 6930 has a 5500% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 6930 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X550 in performance tests.


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