AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 99% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Around 84% higher boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 1545 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 160 Watt
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)

Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 13 November 2018
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 160 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 222.5 GTexel/s vs 181.8 GTexel/s
2.3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 1024
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 89% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 85799 vs 45316

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	222.5 GTexel/s vs 181.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	85799 vs 45316

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45316

85799

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
PassMark - G2D Mark	473
PassMark - G3D Mark	9605
Geekbench - OpenCL	45316	85799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		232.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3728.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		24.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		136.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1011.233
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20206
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20206
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		7856

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 24	TU104
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	13 November 2018
Place in performance rating	208	207
GCN generation		Quadro RTX
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	1545 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1005 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	1024	2304
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s	98.88 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	222.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	13600 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		222.5 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		14.24 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		7.119 TFLOPS
Render output units		64
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		9.5 inches (241 mm)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	2.2	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	416.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6