AMD Radeon R7 M460 vs AMD Radeon HD 6550D

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M460 and AMD Radeon HD 6550D 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M460

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 83% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1073 vs 401
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 204 vs 131
  • 3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4999 vs 1328
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2294 vs 1382
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2294 vs 1382
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 30 June 2011
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1073 vs 401
PassMark - G2D Mark 204 vs 131
Geekbench - OpenCL 4999 vs 1328
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2294 vs 1382
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2294 vs 1382

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550D

  • Around 4% higher pipelines: 400 vs 384
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1975 vs 1767
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3324 vs 2772
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1975 vs 1767
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3324 vs 2772
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 400 vs 384
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1975 vs 1767
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3324 vs 2772
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1975 vs 1767
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 vs 2772

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M460
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6550D

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1073
401
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
204
131
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4999
1328
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2294
1382
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1767
1975
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2772
3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2294
1382
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1767
1975
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2772
3324
Name AMD Radeon R7 M460 AMD Radeon HD 6550D
PassMark - G3D Mark 1073 401
PassMark - G2D Mark 204 131
Geekbench - OpenCL 4999 1328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 358.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.572
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 85.168
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2294 1382
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1767 1975
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2772 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2294 1382
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1767 1975
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2772 3324

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M460 AMD Radeon HD 6550D

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Terascale 2
Code name Meso Llano
Launch date 15 May 2016 30 June 2011
Place in performance rating 1243 1246
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1125 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 384 400
Texture fill rate 27 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 million 1000 Million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 11
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Shared memory 0 1