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
Around 13% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 143 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 18 April 2017
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	143 vs 127

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 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 476 vs 333
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2690 vs 1308
Around 62% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11610 vs 7172

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz vs 1011 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	476 vs 333
PassMark - G3D Mark	2690 vs 1308
Geekbench - OpenCL	11610 vs 7172

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

333

476

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1308

2690

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7172

11610

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

127

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile	AMD Radeon RX 550
PassMark - G2D Mark	333	476
PassMark - G3D Mark	1308	2690
Geekbench - OpenCL	7172	11610
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	143	127
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	873	876
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)