AMD Radeon RX 550 vs AMD FirePro M6100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and AMD FirePro M6100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1075 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2718 vs 2123
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 303
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1037.305 vs 750.731
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 16 October 2013
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1075 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2718 vs 2123
PassMark - G2D Mark 488 vs 303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 vs 750.731

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6100

  • Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 51.6 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
  • 1375.8x better floating-point performance: 1,651 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • 4.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 52486 vs 11719
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 39.059 vs 33.507
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.395 vs 3.064
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.283 vs 52.533
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 166.915 vs 140.911
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4537 vs 4485
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1803 vs 940
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2517 vs 2158
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4537 vs 4485
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1803 vs 940
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2517 vs 2158
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 51.6 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 52486 vs 11719
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 39.059 vs 33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.395 vs 3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.283 vs 52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 166.915 vs 140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4537 vs 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1803 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2517 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4537 vs 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1803 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2517 vs 2158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M6100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2718
2123
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
488
303
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11719
52486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.507
39.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1037.305
750.731
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.064
3.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.533
57.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
140.911
166.915
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
4537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
1803
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
2517
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
4537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
1803
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
2517
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD FirePro M6100
PassMark - G3D Mark 2718 2123
PassMark - G2D Mark 488 303
Geekbench - OpenCL 11719 52486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507 39.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 750.731
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064 3.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533 57.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 140.911 166.915
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 4537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 940 1803
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2158 2517
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 4537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940 1803
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2158 2517
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1200 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 AMD FirePro M6100

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Lexa Saturn
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 16 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Place in performance rating 850 854
Price now $75
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100) 59.51

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 1075 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 1,651 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 768
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s 51.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 145 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 88 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)