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.

AMD Radeon RX 5600M

AMD Radeon HD 6550A

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	55344
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	223	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