AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs AMD Radeon RX 5700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and AMD Radeon RX 5700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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.

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

AMD Radeon RX 5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1465 MHz
Around 65% higher boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 1725 MHz
731.9x more texture fill rate: 181.8 GTexel/s vs 248.4 GT/s
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 180 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 7 July 2019
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1465 MHz
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s vs 248.4 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 180 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5700

2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 879 vs 497
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14376 vs 9740
Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 66087 vs 45301

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	879 vs 497
PassMark - G3D Mark	14376 vs 9740
Geekbench - OpenCL	66087 vs 45301

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5700

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

497

879

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9740

14376

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45301

66087

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD Radeon RX 5700
PassMark - G2D Mark	497	879
PassMark - G3D Mark	9740	14376
Geekbench - OpenCL	45301	66087
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		209.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3686.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		21.941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		250
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1036.448
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3366
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3366
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1871

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD Radeon RX 5700
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA
Code name	Navi 24	Navi 10
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	7 July 2019
Place in performance rating	205	204
Launch price (MSRP)		$350
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	1725 MHz
Compute units	16	36
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1465 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm
Pipelines	1024
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s	110.4 GP/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	248.4 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	10.3 B
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		15.9 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		7.95 TFLOPs
Render output units		64
Stream Processors		2304
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 8-pin and 1x6 pin
Recommended system power (PSU)		600 Watt
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready