AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs AMD Radeon 740M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and AMD Radeon 740M 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.

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

AMD Radeon 740M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 2500 MHz
4.5x more texture fill rate: 181.8 GTexel/s vs 40.00 GTexel/s
4x more pipelines: 1024 vs 256
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9117 vs 3472
4.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45828 vs 9429

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s vs 40.00 GTexel/s
Pipelines	1024 vs 256
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9117 vs 3472
Geekbench - OpenCL	45828 vs 9429

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 740M

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 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 462

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 6 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	775 vs 462

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 740M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

462

775

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9117

3472

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45828

9429

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD Radeon 740M
PassMark - G2D Mark	462	775
PassMark - G3D Mark	9117	3472
Geekbench - OpenCL	45828	9429

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD Radeon 740M
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	218	221
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	2500 MHz
Compute units	16	4
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	1024	256
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s	20.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	40.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	25390 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