AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs AMD FirePro W9100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and AMD FirePro W9100 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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).

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

AMD FirePro W9100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 930 MHz
1110.6x more texture fill rate: 181.8 GTexel/s vs 163.7 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
9.4x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 750 Watt
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9695 vs 7580
Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45053 vs 43046

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 26 March 2014
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s vs 163.7 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 750 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9695 vs 7580
Geekbench - OpenCL	45053 vs 43046

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9100

2.8x more pipelines: 2816 vs 1024
4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 747 vs 481

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2816 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	747 vs 481

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9100

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

481

747

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9695

7580

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45053

43046

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD FirePro W9100
PassMark - G2D Mark	481	747
PassMark - G3D Mark	9695	7580
Geekbench - OpenCL	45053	43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		32085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		32085

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD FirePro W9100
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Navi 24	Hawaii
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	26 March 2014
Place in performance rating	206	203
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	2816
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	163.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	750 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,238 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5