Radeon R7 A360 vs HD 6550D

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6550D with Radeon R7 A360, including specs and performance data.

HD 6550D
2011
65 Watt
0.95

R7 A360 outperforms HD 6550D by an impressive 54% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11631025
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.13no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameSumoMeso
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 June 2011 (14 years ago)5 May 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 cores400384
Core clock speed600 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1125 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattno data
Texture fill rate12.0027.00
Floating-point processing power0.48 TFLOPS0.864 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs2024
L1 Cacheno data96 KB
L2 Cacheno data128 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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x8
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.06.0
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Synthetic benchmarks

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 0.95
R7 A360 1.46
+53.7%

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
Samples: 812
R7 A360 615
+53.8%
Samples: 8

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 HD20
−50%
30−35
+50%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Escape from Tarkov 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Fortnite 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Valorant 30−35
−45.2%
45−50
+45.2%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 24−27
−45.8%
35−40
+45.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Dota 2 14−16
−50%
21−24
+50%
Escape from Tarkov 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Fortnite 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 0−1
Metro Exodus 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Valorant 30−35
−45.2%
45−50
+45.2%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Dota 2 14−16
−50%
21−24
+50%
Escape from Tarkov 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Valorant 30−35
−45.2%
45−50
+45.2%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Escape from Tarkov 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−50%
21−24
+50%
Valorant 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

This is how HD 6550D and R7 A360 compete in popular games:

  • R7 A360 is 50% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.95 1.46
Recency 20 June 2011 5 May 2015
Chip lithography 32 nm 28 nm

R7 A360 has a 53.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R7 A360 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6550D in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6550D is a desktop graphics card while Radeon R7 A360 is a notebook one.

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