AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile vs AMD Radeon RX 550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile and AMD Radeon RX 550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 Vega 6 Mobile

AMD Radeon RX 550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 18 April 2017
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

3.7x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 1011 MHz
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 343
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2713 vs 1311
Around 64% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11719 vs 7126
Around 61% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1199 vs 743

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz vs 1011 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	488 vs 343
PassMark - G3D Mark	2713 vs 1311
Geekbench - OpenCL	11719 vs 7126
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1199 vs 743

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

343

488

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1311

2713

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7126

11719

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

743

1199

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile	AMD Radeon RX 550
PassMark - G2D Mark	343	488
PassMark - G3D Mark	1311	2713
Geekbench - OpenCL	7126	11719
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	743	1199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1037.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2158

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile	AMD Radeon RX 550
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Raven	Lexa
Launch date	1 February 2018	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	797	850
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$79
Price now		$75
Value for money (0-100)		59.51
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	1183 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million	2,200 million
Floating-point performance		1.2 TFLOPs
Pipelines		512
Texture fill rate		37.86 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length		145 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)		400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		112 GB/s
Memory bus width		128 bit
Memory clock speed		7000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)