Radeon RX 7500 XT vs RX 6550M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking216not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency21.35no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 24Navi 33
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 January 2023 (1 year ago)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 cores10241024
Core clock speed2000 MHz1452 MHz
Boost clock speed2840 MHz2300 MHz
Number of transistors5,400 million13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology6 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate181.8147.2
Floating-point processing power5.816 TFLOPS9.421 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs6464
Ray Tracing Cores1616

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.0 GB/s216.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.22.2
Vulkan1.31.3

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 100 Watt

RX 6550M has 25% lower power consumption.

RX 7500 XT, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6550M and Radeon RX 7500 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6550M is a notebook card while Radeon RX 7500 XT is a desktop one.


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