AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- Around 73% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1156 MHz
- Around 93% higher boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 1471 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 14 nm
- 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 210 Watt
- Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz
| Launch date | 4 Jan 2023 vs 14 August 2017 |
| Core clock speed | 2000 MHz vs 1156 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2840 MHz vs 1471 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm vs 14 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 80 Watt vs 210 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
- Around 82% higher texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 181.8 GTexel/s
- 3.5x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1024
- 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 770 vs 458
- Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13236 vs 9369
- 3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 45161
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 330.00 GTexel/s vs 181.8 GTexel/s |
| Pipelines | 3584 vs 1024 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 4 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 770 vs 458 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 13236 vs 9369 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 163998 vs 45161 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 6550M | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 458 | 770 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9369 | 13236 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 45161 | 163998 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 184.405 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1765.06 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 12.606 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 79.32 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1022.925 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 14462 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3717 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3361 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 14462 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3717 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3361 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 6878 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 6550M | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | GCN 5.0 |
| Code name | Navi 24 | Vega 10 |
| Launch date | 4 Jan 2023 | 14 August 2017 |
| Place in performance rating | 223 | 224 |
| Design | Radeon RX Vega Series | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
| Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 2840 MHz | 1471 MHz |
| Compute units | 16 | 56 |
| Core clock speed | 2000 MHz | 1156 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 14 nm |
| Pipelines | 1024 | 3584 |
| Pixel fill rate | 90.88 GPixel/s | 94.00 GP/s |
| Texture fill rate | 181.8 GTexel/s | 330.00 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 80 Watt | 210 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5400 million | 12,500 million |
| Floating-point performance | 10.5 TFLOPs | |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 21 TFLOPs | |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 10.5 TFLOPs | |
| Render output units | 64 | |
| Stream Processors | 3584 | |
| Texture Units | 256 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | IGP | |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 8-pin |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 650 Watt | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 144.0 GB/s | 410 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 2048 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective | 1600 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | HBM2 |
Technologies |
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| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| TressFX | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
| VR Ready | ||
| ZeroCore | ||
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