GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon HD 6550D

Place in performance ranking	1058	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	7
Value for money	0.18	10.77
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	Llano	AD102-300-A1
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	30 June 2011 (12 years old)	20 September 2022 (1 year old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599
Current price	$49	$1756 (1.1x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4090 has 5883% better value for money than HD 6550D.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	400	16384
Core clock speed	600 MHz	2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	1000 Million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	450 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.00	1,290

Size and 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	IGP	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	IGP	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

Memory

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	no data	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	24 GB
Memory bus width	no data	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1,008 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	no data	+

API support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.6
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	no data	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 6550D 1.04

RTX 4090 100.00
+9515%

GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms Radeon HD 6550D by 9515% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 6550D 402

RTX 4090 38733
+9535%

GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms Radeon HD 6550D by 9535% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 6550D 3930

RTX 4090 137170
+3391%

GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms Radeon HD 6550D by 3391% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 6550D 952

RTX 4090 104937
+10929%

GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms Radeon HD 6550D by 10929% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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:

Full HD	20 −1225%	265 +1225%
1440p	2−3 −10500%	212 +10500%
4K	1−2 −14900%	150 +14900%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−7400%

225
+7400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1878%	170−180 +1878%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −7300%	222 +7300%
Hitman 3	1−2 −21800%	210−220 +21800%
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1	275
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −5967%	180−190 +5967%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −4100%	294 +4100%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −1878%	170−180 +1878%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −7033%	214 +7033%
Hitman 3	1−2 −21800%	210−220 +21800%
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1	250
Metro Exodus	1−2 −22500%	226 +22500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −5967%	180−190 +5967%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −4014%	288 +4014%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −14225%	573 +14225%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −6900%	210 +6900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −7525%	305 +7525%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −4867%	140−150 +4867%
Hitman 3	3−4 −7000%	210−220 +7000%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2863%	237 +2863%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −5320%	271 +5320%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −15300%	154 +15300%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −9200%	186 +9200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −13300%	268 +13300%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −9500%	95−100 +9500%
Hitman 3	1−2 −12700%	120−130 +12700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −2571%	187 +2571%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	60−65

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	120
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	120
Far Cry 5	3−4 −5667%	173 +5667%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −2800%	145 +2800%

This is how HD 6550D and RTX 4090 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

RTX 4090 is 1225% faster than HD 6550D

1440p resolution:

RTX 4090 is 10500% faster than HD 6550D

4K resolution:

RTX 4090 is 14900% faster than HD 6550D

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

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 4090 is 22500% faster than the HD 6550D.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 4090 surpassed HD 6550D in all 27 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	1.04	100.00
Recency	30 June 2011	20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	24 GB
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	450 Watt