AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 735 MHz
2.3x more boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 1245 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 181.8 GTexel/s vs 79.68 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 495 vs 480
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9786 vs 7753
Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45426 vs 43499

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 17 Dec 2021
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s vs 79.68 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	495 vs 480
PassMark - G3D Mark	9786 vs 7753
Geekbench - OpenCL	45426 vs 43499

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 80 Watt

Pipelines	2048 vs 1024
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 80 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

495

480

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9786

7753

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45426

43499

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	495	480
PassMark - G3D Mark	9786	7753
Geekbench - OpenCL	45426	43499
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		274

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 24	GA107
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	17 Dec 2021
Place in performance rating	207	348
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	1245 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	1024	2048
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s	39.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	79.68 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		159.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		10.20 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		5.100 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Height		35 mm, 1.4 inches
Length		229 mm, 9 inches
Width		113 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	112.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6