AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 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 Quadro FX 4500 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 16 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 500 MHz
857.5x more texture fill rate: 181.8 GTexel/s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 90 nm
Around 81% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 145 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Around 86% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1210 MHz
41x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9680 vs 236

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 24 April 2006
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 145 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1210 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9680 vs 236

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 653 vs 491

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	653 vs 491

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

491

653

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9680

236

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	491	653
PassMark - G3D Mark	9680	236
Geekbench - OpenCL	45250

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Curie
Code name	Navi 24	G71
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	24 April 2006
Place in performance rating	209	208
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,799
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1024
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	145 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	4x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		305 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0c
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	2x 38.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1210 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3