AMD Radeon 550 vs AMD Radeon HD 6610M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 550 and AMD Radeon HD 6610M 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.

AMD Radeon 550

AMD Radeon HD 6610M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 450 MHz
3505.6x more texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel/s vs 10.8 GTexel / s
Around 7% higher pipelines: 512 vs 480
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2121 vs 565

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Apr 2017 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s vs 10.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 480
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2121 vs 565

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6610M

Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 26 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 527 vs 466

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	26 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	527 vs 466

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6610M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

466

527

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2121

565

Name	AMD Radeon 550	AMD Radeon HD 6610M
PassMark - G2D Mark	466	527
PassMark - G3D Mark	2121	565

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 550	AMD Radeon HD 6610M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Lexa	Whistler
Launch date	20 Apr 2017	4 January 2011
Place in performance rating	300	298
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	75.71 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	1,211 GFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1,211 GFLOPS
Pipelines	512	480
Pixel fill rate	18.93 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel/s	10.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	26 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	716 million
Floating-point performance		432.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm, 5.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	56.00 GB/s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3