Radeon HD 6550M vs ATI Mobility HD 3650

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 3650 and Radeon HD 6550M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 3650
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 30 Watt
0.34

HD 6550M outperforms ATI Mobility HD 3650 by a whopping 294% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking13071027
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.803.65
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameM86Lexington
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2008 (17 years ago)26 November 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores120400
Core clock speed500 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors378 million2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt26 Watt
Texture fill rate4.00012.00
Floating-point processing power0.12 TFLOPS0.48 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs820

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedmedium sized
InterfaceMXM-IIMXM-II

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s28.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

ATI Mobility HD 3650 0.34
HD 6550M 1.34
+294%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

ATI Mobility HD 3650 855
HD 6550M 3731
+336%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p3−4
−367%
14
+367%
Full HD4−5
−375%
19
+375%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Valorant 24−27
−30.8%
30−35
+30.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 14−16
−114%
30−33
+114%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Dota 2 10−11
−70%
16−18
+70%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Metro Exodus 0−1 2−3
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Valorant 24−27
−30.8%
30−35
+30.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Dota 2 10−11
−70%
16−18
+70%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Valorant 24−27
−30.8%
30−35
+30.8%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Hogwarts Legacy 0−1 1−2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 0−1 2−3

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Fortnite 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Fortnite 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Valorant 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 3650 and HD 6550M compete in popular games:

  • HD 6550M is 367% faster in 900p
  • HD 6550M is 375% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 6550M is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 6550M is ahead in 28 tests (62%)
  • there's a draw in 17 tests (38%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.34 1.34
Recency 7 January 2008 26 November 2010
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 26 Watt

HD 6550M has a 294.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 15.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 6550M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3650 in performance tests.

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