AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs AMD Radeon RX 5600M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and AMD Radeon RX 5600M 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, 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.

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

AMD Radeon RX 5600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.2x more boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 1265 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 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9369 vs 8744

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 7 Jan 2020
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 1265 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9369 vs 8744

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600M

2.3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 1024
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
5.3x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 492 vs 458
Around 22% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 55141 vs 45161

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	182.2 GTexel/s vs 181.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	492 vs 458
Geekbench - OpenCL	55141 vs 45161

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

458

492

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9369

8744

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45161

55141

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD Radeon RX 5600M
PassMark - G2D Mark	458	492
PassMark - G3D Mark	9369	8744
Geekbench - OpenCL	45161	55141
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11117
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		7694
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11117
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		7694
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5929

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD Radeon RX 5600M
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA
Code name	Navi 24	Navi 10
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	7 Jan 2020
Place in performance rating	223	221
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	1265 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	1024	2304
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	182.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	10300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.4
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	12000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6