HD 6550M vs HD 6630M

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Combined performance score

HD 6630M
1.77
+34.1%

HD 6630M outperforms HD 6550M by 34% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking879982
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.100.05
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameWhistler-LPCapilano-PRO
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years old)26 November 2010 (13 years old)
Current price$338 $338
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6630M has 100% better value for money than HD 6550M.

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 cores480400
Core clock speed485 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors716 million2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)26 Watt26 Watt
Texture fill rate12.0012.00
Floating-point performance480.0 gflops480.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6630M and Radeon HD 6550M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizemedium sizedmedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-II

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s28.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.44.4
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/AN/A

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 6630M 1.77
+34.1%
HD 6550M 1.32

HD 6630M outperforms HD 6550M by 34% in our combined benchmark results.


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 6630M 3720
HD 6550M 3731
+0.3%

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 6630M 877
HD 6550M 993
+13.2%

HD 6550M outperforms HD 6630M by 13% 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:

900p18−20
+28.6%
14
−28.6%
Full HD17
−11.8%
19
+11.8%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hitman 3 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hitman 3 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

This is how HD 6630M and HD 6550M compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • HD 6630M is 28.6% faster than HD 6550M

1080p resolution:

  • HD 6550M is 11.8% faster than HD 6630M

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 6630M is 200% faster than the HD 6550M.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 6630M is ahead in 16 tests (50%)
  • there's a draw in 16 tests (50%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.77 1.32
Recency 4 January 2011 26 November 2010

The Radeon HD 6630M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6550M in performance tests.


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