AMD Radeon HD 6550M vs AMD Radeon HD 6570M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6550M and AMD Radeon HD 6570M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon HD 6550M

AMD Radeon HD 6570M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550M

Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 26 Watt vs 30 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	26 Watt vs 30 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6570M

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 13 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Around 8% better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	13 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6550M	AMD Radeon HD 6570M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Capilano	Capilano
Launch date	26 November 2010	26 November 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops	520.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	400	400
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	13 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	26 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	MXM-II
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0