HD Graphics 400 vs Radeon HD 6550A
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 6550A and HD Graphics 400, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
HD 6550A outperforms HD Graphics 400 by an impressive 62% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 984 | 1138 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.70 | 13.37 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Generation 8.0 (2014−2015) |
| GPU code name | Pinewood | Braswell GT1 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 February 2011 (14 years ago) | 1 April 2015 (10 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 | 480 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 320 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 627 million | 189 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 6 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 13.20 | 7.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.528 TFLOPS | 0.1152 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 2 |
| TMUs | 24 | 12 |
| L1 Cache | 48 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | no data |
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-A (3.0) | Ring Bus |
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 | GDDR3 | DDR3L |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 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 | 1.68 | 1.04 |
| Recency | 7 February 2011 | 1 April 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 6 Watt |
HD 6550A has a 61.5% higher aggregate performance score.
HD Graphics 400, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 483.3% lower power consumption.
The Radeon HD 6550A is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 400 in performance tests.
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