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.

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

AMD Radeon 780M

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 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9680 vs 7009
Around 63% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45250 vs 27843

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	9680 vs 7009
Geekbench - OpenCL	45250 vs 27843

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 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 876 vs 491

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	876 vs 491

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

491

876

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9680

7009

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45250

27843

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD Radeon 780M
PassMark - G2D Mark	491	876
PassMark - G3D Mark	9680	7009
Geekbench - OpenCL	45250	27843
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		478

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	226
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