L40 vs Radeon HD 6550M

Place in the ranking	1081	62
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.73	13.79
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Lexington	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	26 November 2010 (15 years ago)	13 October 2022 (3 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	18176
Core clock speed	600 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2490 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.00	1,414
Floating-point processing power	0.48 TFLOPS	90.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	192
TMUs	20	568
Tensor Cores	no data	568
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	142
L1 Cache	80 KB	17.8 MB
L2 Cache	256 KB	96 MB

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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

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	DDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	48 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	864.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

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

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.7
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9
DLSS	-	+

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:

900p	14 −3829%	550−600 +3829%
Full HD	19 −4111%	800−850 +4111%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Resident Evil 4 Remake	0−1	0−1

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −4150%	85−90 +4150%
Fortnite	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −3650%	300−310 +3650%
Forza Horizon 5	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −3789%	350−400 +3789%
Valorant	30−35 −4142%	1400−1450 +4142%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	27−30 −4038%	1200−1250 +4038%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Dota 2	16−18 −4018%	700−750 +4018%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −4150%	85−90 +4150%
Fortnite	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −3650%	300−310 +3650%
Forza Horizon 5	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Grand Theft Auto V	0−1	0−1
Metro Exodus	2−3 −4150%	85−90 +4150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −3789%	350−400 +3789%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −4043%	290−300 +4043%
Valorant	30−35 −4142%	1400−1450 +4142%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Dota 2	16−18 −4018%	700−750 +4018%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −4150%	85−90 +4150%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −3650%	300−310 +3650%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −3789%	350−400 +3789%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −4043%	290−300 +4043%
Valorant	30−35 −4142%	1400−1450 +4142%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

3−4
−3900%

120−130

+3900%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	4−5 −4150%	170−180 +4150%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	8−9 −3650%	300−310 +3650%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −4131%	550−600 +4131%
Valorant	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −4150%	85−90 +4150%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

−4150%

85−90
+4150%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −3829%	550−600 +3829%
Valorant	6−7 −4067%	250−260 +4067%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 −4150%	85−90 +4150%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

−4150%

85−90
+4150%

This is how HD 6550M and L40 compete in popular games:

L40 is 3829% faster in 900p
L40 is 4111% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.26	53.72
Recency	26 November 2010	13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	48 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	300 Watt

HD 6550M has 1054% lower power consumption.

L40, on the other hand, has a 4163% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

The L40 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6550M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6550M is a notebook graphics card while L40 is a workstation one.