AMD Radeon 780M vs AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 780M and AMD Radeon HD 6550A 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 780M

AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 780M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 550 MHz
8923.1x more texture fill rate: 139.2 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 768 vs 480
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 40 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 876 vs 609
9.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7008 vs 708

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 7 February 2011
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 480
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	876 vs 609
PassMark - G3D Mark	7008 vs 708

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 780M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6550A

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

876

609

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7008

708

Name	AMD Radeon 780M	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Geekbench - OpenCL	27828
PassMark - G2D Mark	876	609
PassMark - G3D Mark	7008	708
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	478

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 780M	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Phoenix	Pinewood
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	7 February 2011
Place in performance rating	225	223
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz
Compute units	12
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	480
Pixel fill rate	92.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Floating-point performance		624.0 gflops
Transistor count		627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1600 MHz
Memory type	System Shared	DDR3