AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 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.

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Around 59% higher boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 1785 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 181.8 GTexel/s vs 57.12 GTexel/s
2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 512
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9117 vs 4981
Around 84% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45828 vs 24944

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 28 Jun 2022
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 1785 MHz
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s vs 57.12 GTexel/s
Pipelines	1024 vs 512
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9117 vs 4981
Geekbench - OpenCL	45828 vs 24944

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630

Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 655 vs 462

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	655 vs 462

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

462

655

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9117

4981

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45828

24944

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
PassMark - G2D Mark	462	655
PassMark - G3D Mark	9117	4981
Geekbench - OpenCL	45828	24944

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 24	TU117
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	28 Jun 2022
Place in performance rating	218	225
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	1785 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1740 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	1024	512
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s	28.56 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	57.12 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	4700 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		57.12 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		3.656 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		1.828 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Height		18 mm, 0.7 inches
Length		145 mm, 5.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		250 Watt
Width		69 mm, 2.7 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	96.00 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6