Radeon HD 6550A vs E8950
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon E8950 and Radeon HD 6550A, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
E8950 outperforms HD 6550A by a whopping 673% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 424 | 991 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 10.59 | 3.72 |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Amethyst | Pinewood |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 29 September 2015 (10 years ago) | 7 February 2011 (15 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 cores | 2048 | 480 |
| Core clock speed | 735 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 627 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 128.0 | 13.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.096 TFLOPS | 0.528 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 128 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 512 KB | 48 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 256 KB |
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).
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | MXM-A (3.0) |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 13.06 | 1.69 |
| Recency | 29 September 2015 | 7 February 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 35 Watt |
Radeon E8950 has a 673% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.
HD 6550A, on the other hand, has 171% lower power consumption.
The Radeon E8950 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6550A in performance tests.
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