AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 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 RX 6500 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 2815 MHz
Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 181.8 GTexel/s vs 180.2 GTexel/s
Around 34% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 107 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9740 vs 9556

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 19 Jan 2022
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 2815 MHz
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s vs 180.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 107 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9740 vs 9556

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 809 vs 497
Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 48562 vs 45301

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	809 vs 497
Geekbench - OpenCL	48562 vs 45301

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

497

809

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9740

9556

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45301

48562

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	497	809
PassMark - G3D Mark	9740	9556
Geekbench - OpenCL	45301	48562
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		224

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Navi 24	Navi 24
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	19 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	205	208
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	2815 MHz
Compute units	16	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	6 nm
Pipelines	1024	1024
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s	90.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	180.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	107 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	5400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		360.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		11.53 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		5.765 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Recommended system power (PSU)		300 Watt
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	143.9 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6