AMD Radeon RX 6550S vs AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550S and AMD Radeon RX 6550M 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 6550S

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550S

Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 80 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 80 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 2400 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 181.8 GTexel/s vs 153.6 GTexel/s
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 2400 MHz
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s vs 153.6 GTexel/s
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550S
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550S	AMD Radeon RX 6550M
PassMark - G2D Mark		479
PassMark - G3D Mark		9648
Geekbench - OpenCL		45053

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550S	AMD Radeon RX 6550M
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Navi 24	Navi 24
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	4 Jan 2023
Place in performance rating	not rated	208
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz	2840 MHz
Compute units	16	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	2000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	6 nm
Pipelines	1024	1024
Pixel fill rate	76.80 GPixel/s	90.88 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	153.6 GTexel/s	181.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	5400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	144.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6