AMD Radeon RX 5600M vs AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600M 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 5600M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 11679.5x more texture fill rate: 182.2 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
  • 4.8x more pipelines: 2304 vs 480
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
  • 7.5x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 12.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8796 vs 708
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Jan 2020 vs 7 February 2011
Texture fill rate 182.2 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 480
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8796 vs 708

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550A

  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 609 vs 490
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 609 vs 490

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6550A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8796
708
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
490
609
Name AMD Radeon RX 5600M AMD Radeon HD 6550A
PassMark - G3D Mark 8796 708
PassMark - G2D Mark 490 609
Geekbench - OpenCL 55161
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11117
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7694
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11117
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7694
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5931

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5600M AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Essentials

Architecture RDNA TeraScale 2
Code name Navi 10 Pinewood
Launch date 7 Jan 2020 7 February 2011
Place in performance rating 222 221
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1265 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 2304 480
Texture fill rate 182.2 GTexel/s 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 10300 million 627 million
Core clock speed 550 MHz
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)
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Shader Model 6.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 DDR3