AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs AMD Radeon 740M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and AMD Radeon 740M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

  • Around 33% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • 4.5x more texture fill rate: 181.8 GTexel/s vs 40.00 GTexel/s
  • 4x more pipelines: 1024 vs 256
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9604 vs 3188
  • 4.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45053 vs 9881
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed 2840 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Texture fill rate 181.8 GTexel/s vs 40.00 GTexel/s
Pipelines 1024 vs 256
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9604 vs 3188
Geekbench - OpenCL 45053 vs 9881

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 740M

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 6 nm
  • 5.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 80 Watt
  • Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 803 vs 464
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 6 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 803 vs 464

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 740M

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
464
803
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9604
3188
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
45053
9881
Name AMD Radeon RX 6550M AMD Radeon 740M
PassMark - G2D Mark 464 803
PassMark - G3D Mark 9604 3188
Geekbench - OpenCL 45053 9881

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6550M AMD Radeon 740M

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 3.0
Code name Navi 24 Phoenix
Launch date 4 Jan 2023 4 Jan 2023
Place in performance rating 215 217

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2840 MHz 2500 MHz
Compute units 16 4
Core clock speed 2000 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 4 nm
Pipelines 1024 256
Pixel fill rate 90.88 GPixel/s 20.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 181.8 GTexel/s 40.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 5400 million 25390 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent Portable Device Dependent

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 2.2 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB System Shared
Memory bandwidth 144.0 GB/s System Dependent
Memory bus width 64 bit System Shared
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective System Shared
Memory type GDDR6 System Shared