NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs AMD Radeon HD 6550M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and AMD Radeon HD 6550M 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

AMD Radeon HD 6550M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1237 MHz vs 600 MHz
9950x more texture fill rate: 119.4 GTexel/s vs 12 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 2560 vs 400
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 40 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	6 Jul 2022 vs 26 November 2010
Core clock speed	1237 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 400
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550M

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 26 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	26 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6550M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	AMD Radeon HD 6550M
PassMark - G2D Mark	853
PassMark - G3D Mark	10704
Geekbench - OpenCL	57286
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	AMD Radeon HD 6550M
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	TeraScale 2
Code name	GA107	Capilano
Launch date	6 Jul 2022	26 November 2010
Place in performance rating	132	not rated
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2560	400
Pixel fill rate	47.74 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	26 Watt
Transistor count	8700 million	627 million
Floating-point performance		480.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	96 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR3
Shared memory		0