AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and AMD Radeon RX 590 GME 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 59% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1257 MHz
2.1x more boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 1380 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 14 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 175 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9629 vs 8591

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 9 Mar 2020
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 175 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9629 vs 8591

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 198.7 GTexel/s vs 181.8 GTexel/s
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 669 vs 477

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	198.7 GTexel/s vs 181.8 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	669 vs 477

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

477

669

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9629

8591

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD Radeon RX 590 GME
PassMark - G2D Mark	477	669
PassMark - G3D Mark	9629	8591
Geekbench - OpenCL	45053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5140
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		6839
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		6839
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		20161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		20161
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4431

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD Radeon RX 590 GME
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Navi 24	Polaris 20
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	9 Mar 2020
Place in performance rating	208	211
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	1380 MHz
Compute units	16	36
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	1024
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s	44.16 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	198.7 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	5700 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		397.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		6.359 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		6.359 TFLOPS
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		241 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
Width		Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.2	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support