AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 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.

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1382 MHz
Around 78% higher boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 1600 MHz
443.8x more texture fill rate: 181.8 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 14 nm
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1890 MHz

Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1382 MHz
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1890 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

4x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1024
4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 748 vs 477
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13226 vs 9629
Around 68% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75874 vs 45053

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	4096 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	748 vs 477
PassMark - G3D Mark	13226 vs 9629
Geekbench - OpenCL	75874 vs 45053

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

477

748

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9629

13226

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45053

75874

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G2D Mark	477	748
PassMark - G3D Mark	9629	13226
Geekbench - OpenCL	45053	75874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		7074

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Navi 24	Vega 10
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	27 June 2017
Place in performance rating	207	210
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Price now		$999.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		14.37
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	1600 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1382 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	1024	4096
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	409.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	12,500 million
Floating-point performance		13,107 gflops
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 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1890 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2