AMD Radeon RX Vega vs AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega and AMD Radeon HD 6550A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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).

AMD Radeon RX Vega

AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 82% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 550 MHz
19.7x more texture fill rate: 307.2 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
8.5x more pipelines: 4096 vs 480
15.8x better floating-point performance: 9,830 gflops vs 624.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
17.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12297 vs 708
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 609

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2017 vs 7 February 2011
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	307.2 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 480
Floating-point performance	9,830 gflops vs 624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12297 vs 708
PassMark - G2D Mark	882 vs 609

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550A

6.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6550A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12297

708

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

609

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
PassMark - G3D Mark	12297	708
PassMark - G2D Mark	882	609
Geekbench - OpenCL	68096
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	205.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3986.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	215.468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1291.445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8455

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.3	TeraScale 2
Code name	Greenland	Pinewood
Launch date	1 April 2017	7 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$599.99
Place in performance rating	243	245
Price now	$409.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	38.94
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	9,830 gflops	624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	4096	480
Texture fill rate	307.2 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count		627 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	DDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
API support
DirectX		11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.4