AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 960 MHz
2.4x more boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 1200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm

Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 29 January 2019
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 960 MHz
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

Around 88% higher pipelines: 1920 vs 1024
6.2x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 540 vs 464
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11355 vs 9604

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1920 vs 1024
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	540 vs 464
PassMark - G3D Mark	11355 vs 9604

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

464

540

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9604

11355

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	464	540
PassMark - G3D Mark	9604	11355
Geekbench - OpenCL	45053
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5906
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17150
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17150
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 24	TU106B
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	29 January 2019
Place in performance rating	215	214
Price now		$349.99
Type		Laptop
Value for money (0-100)		62.74
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	1200 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	960 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	1024	1920
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	10,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6