AMD Radeon HD 6450 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6450 OEM 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 6450 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6450 OEM

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 35 Watt

Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 550 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550A

3.1x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 480 vs 160
3.1x better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 200 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1066 MHz

Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 160
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops vs 200 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1066 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6450 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6450 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
PassMark - G3D Mark		708
PassMark - G2D Mark		609

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6450 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Caicos	Pinewood
Launch date	7 February 2011	7 February 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	218
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	200 gflops	624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	480
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	8.53 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1066 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR3