HD Graphics vs Radeon HD 6550D

Place in the ranking	1100	1154
Place by popularity	not in top-100	96
Power efficiency	1.10	1.54
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Generation 7.0 (2012−2013)
GPU code name	Sumo	Ivy Bridge GT1
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	20 June 2011 (13 years ago)	1 April 2012 (12 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	400	48
Core clock speed	600 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1050 MHz
Number of transistors	1,178 million	392 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.00	6.300
Floating-point processing power	0.48 TFLOPS	0.1008 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	1
TMUs	20	6

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	IGP	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	IGP	IGP

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	System Shared	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	System Shared
Memory bus width	System Shared	System Shared
Memory clock speed	System Shared	System Shared
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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.1 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.0
OpenGL	4.4	4.0
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.80

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. 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
+33.3%

HD Graphics 0.78

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

HD 6550D 400
+34.2%

HD Graphics 298

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

19
+35.7%

14−16

−35.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Fortnite	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Grand Theft Auto V	0−1	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
World of Tanks	24−27 +33.3%	18−20 −33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
World of Tanks	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Valorant	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +50%	10−11 −50%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +50%	10−11 −50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +50%	10−11 −50%