AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and AMD Radeon HD 7850M 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 HD 7850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 675 MHz
6733.3x more texture fill rate: 181.8 GTexel/s vs 27 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
6.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9117 vs 1373

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 24 April 2012
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s vs 27 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9117 vs 1373

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850M

2x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 80 Watt
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 566 vs 462

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 80 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	566 vs 462

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

462

566

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9117

1373

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
PassMark - G2D Mark	462	566
PassMark - G3D Mark	9117	1373
Geekbench - OpenCL	45828

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 24	Heathrow
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	24 April 2012
Place in performance rating	218	223
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	675 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	640
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	27 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	1,500 million
Floating-point performance		864.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0