NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs AMD Radeon RX 6600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 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, 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 MX550

AMD Radeon RX 6600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
5.3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 132 Watt

Launch date	2022 vs 13 Oct 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 132 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600

Around 53% higher core clock speed: 1626 MHz vs 1065 MHz
Around 89% higher boost clock speed: 2491 MHz vs 1320 MHz
6.6x more texture fill rate: 279.0 GTexel/s vs 42.24 GTexel/s
Around 75% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1024
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 396
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15097 vs 4527
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 73020 vs 34265
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 260.061 vs 102.448
5.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 5472.868 vs 1017.021
4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 20.421 vs 4.996
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 290.312 vs 87.46
Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1152.228 vs 587.99

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1626 MHz vs 1065 MHz
Boost clock speed	2491 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Texture fill rate	279.0 GTexel/s vs 42.24 GTexel/s
Pipelines	1792 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	882 vs 396
PassMark - G3D Mark	15097 vs 4527
Geekbench - OpenCL	73020 vs 34265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	260.061 vs 102.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	5472.868 vs 1017.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	20.421 vs 4.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	290.312 vs 87.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1152.228 vs 587.99

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

396

882

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4527

15097

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

34265

73020

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

102.448

260.061

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017.021

5472.868

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.996

20.421

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.46

290.312

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

587.99

1152.228

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	AMD Radeon RX 6600
PassMark - G2D Mark	396	882
PassMark - G3D Mark	4527	15097
Geekbench - OpenCL	34265	73020
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448	260.061
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021	5472.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.996	20.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46	290.312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99	1152.228
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		19713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		26778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		69225
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		19713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		26778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		69225
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1492

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	AMD Radeon RX 6600
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	RDNA 2.0
Code name	TU117	Navi 23 XL
Launch date	2022	13 Oct 2021
Place in performance rating	452	38
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz	2491 MHz
Core clock speed	1065 MHz	1626 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	42.24 GFLOPS (1:64)	558.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	2.703 TFLOPS (1:1)	17.86 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.703 TFLOPS	8.928 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	1792
Pixel fill rate	21.12 GPixel/s	159.4 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s	279.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	132 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	11060 million
Compute units		28
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Height		40 mm (1.6 inches)
Length		190 mm (7.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		300 Watt
Width		110 mm (4.3 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	96.00 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6