AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and AMD Radeon RX 5600 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 77% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1130 MHz
  • Around 82% higher boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 1560 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Launch date 4 Jan 2023 vs 21 Jan 2020
Core clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Boost clock speed 2840 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

  • Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 224.6 GTexel/s vs 181.8 GTexel/s
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 1024
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 875 vs 477
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13616 vs 9629
  • Around 44% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 64785 vs 45053
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 224.6 GTexel/s vs 181.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines 2304 vs 1024
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 875 vs 477
PassMark - G3D Mark 13616 vs 9629
Geekbench - OpenCL 64785 vs 45053

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
477
875
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9629
13616
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
45053
64785
Name AMD Radeon RX 6550M AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark 477 875
PassMark - G3D Mark 9629 13616
Geekbench - OpenCL 45053 64785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 207.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3560.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 148.938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1111.648
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7702

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6550M AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 1.0
Code name Navi 24 Navi 10 XLE
Launch date 4 Jan 2023 21 Jan 2020
Place in performance rating 208 205
Launch price (MSRP) $279
Type Desktop, Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2840 MHz 1560 MHz
Compute units 16 36
Core clock speed 2000 MHz 1130 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 7 nm
Pipelines 1024 2304
Pixel fill rate 90.88 GPixel/s 99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 181.8 GTexel/s 224.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 5400 million 10300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 449.3 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 14.38 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.188 TFLOPS

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Length 10.5 inches (267 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12
OpenCL 2.2 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 144.0 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6