ATI Radeon 7500 vs HD 6550D

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6550D and Radeon 7500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6550D
2011
65 Watt
1.01
+10000%

HD 6550D outperforms ATI 7500 by a whopping 10000% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11081532
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.110.03
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameSumoRV200
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 June 2011 (13 years ago)14 August 2001 (23 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 cores400no data
Core clock speed600 MHz290 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate12.001.740
Floating-point processing power0.48 TFLOPSno data
ROPs82
TMUs206

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).

InterfaceIGPAGP 4x
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedDDR
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared64 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared230 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data7.36 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)7.0
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.41.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
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.

HD 6550D 1.01
+10000%
ATI 7500 0.01

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
+13233%
ATI 7500 3

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 HD19-0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 6−7 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 6−7 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 6−7 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−11 0−1
Fortnite 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 6−7 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7 0−1
World of Tanks 24−27 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 6−7 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−11 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 6−7 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14 0−1

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6 0−1
World of Tanks 5−6 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5 0−1
Valorant 6−7 0−1

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 16−18 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Dota 2 16−18 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Valorant 1−2 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.01 0.01
Recency 20 June 2011 14 August 2001
Chip lithography 32 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 23 Watt

HD 6550D has a 10000% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 368.8% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 7500, on the other hand, has 182.6% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 6550D is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 7500 in performance tests.

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