AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs ATI Radeon HD 4270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and ATI Radeon HD 4270 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.

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

ATI Radeon HD 4270

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 590 MHz
25.6x more pipelines: 1024 vs 40
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 495 vs 303
89x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9786 vs 110

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 1 May 2010
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 590 MHz
Pipelines	1024 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	495 vs 303
PassMark - G3D Mark	9786 vs 110

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

495

303

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9786

110

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	ATI Radeon HD 4270
PassMark - G2D Mark	495	303
PassMark - G3D Mark	9786	110
Geekbench - OpenCL	45426

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	ATI Radeon HD 4270
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RV6xx
Code name	Navi 24	RS880M
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	1 May 2010
Place in performance rating	207	564
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	590 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1024	40
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	10.1
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0