AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs AMD Radeon 780M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and AMD Radeon 780M 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

  • Around 33% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 181.8 GTexel/s vs 139.2 GTexel/s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 768
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9648 vs 7062
  • Around 62% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45053 vs 27859
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Texture fill rate 181.8 GTexel/s vs 139.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines 1024 vs 768
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9648 vs 7062
Geekbench - OpenCL 45053 vs 27859

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 780M

  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 2900 MHz vs 2840 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 6 nm
  • 5.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 80 Watt
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 872 vs 479
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 2900 MHz vs 2840 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 6 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 872 vs 479

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 780M

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
479
872
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9648
7062
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
45053
27859
Name AMD Radeon RX 6550M AMD Radeon 780M
PassMark - G2D Mark 479 872
PassMark - G3D Mark 9648 7062
Geekbench - OpenCL 45053 27859
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2769

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6550M AMD Radeon 780M

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 3.0
Code name Navi 24 Phoenix
Launch date 4 Jan 2023 4 Jan 2023
Place in performance rating 207 204

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2840 MHz 2900 MHz
Compute units 16 12
Core clock speed 2000 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 4 nm
Pipelines 1024 768
Pixel fill rate 90.88 GPixel/s 92.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 181.8 GTexel/s 139.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 5400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent Portable Device Dependent

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 2.2 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB System Shared
Memory bandwidth 144.0 GB/s System Dependent
Memory bus width 64 bit System Shared
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective System Shared
Memory type GDDR6 System Shared