NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q and AMD Radeon HD 6550A 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 - 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 550 MHz
11.3x more texture fill rate: 176.5 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
4.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 480
9.1x better floating-point performance: 5,648 gflops vs 624.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
5x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
13.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9859 vs 708

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 7 February 2011
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	176.5 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 480
Floating-point performance	5,648 gflops vs 624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9859 vs 708

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550A

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 609 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	609 vs 422

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6550A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9859

708

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

422

609

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
PassMark - G3D Mark	9859	708
PassMark - G2D Mark	422	609
Geekbench - OpenCL	41233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	214.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2293.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	139.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	692.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8048
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4887

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale 2
Code name	GP104	Pinewood
Launch date	27 June 2017	7 February 2011
Place in performance rating	221	223
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz
Core clock speed	1215 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,648 gflops	624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2048	480
Texture fill rate	176.5 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.3 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready