AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 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, 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.

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 550 MHz
10410.3x more texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
2.9x more pipelines: 1408 vs 480
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
8.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
12.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9164 vs 708
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 784 vs 609

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Dec 2019 vs 7 February 2011
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1408 vs 480
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9164 vs 708
PassMark - G2D Mark	784 vs 609

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550A

3.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6550A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9164

708

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

784

609

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
PassMark - G3D Mark	9164	708
PassMark - G2D Mark	784	609
Geekbench - OpenCL	44853
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	742.778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4892

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Navi 14	Pinewood
Launch date	12 Dec 2019	7 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$169
Place in performance rating	288	213
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.196 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1408	480
Pixel fill rate	59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	627 million
Floating-point performance		624.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	7.09 inches (180 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support