Radeon HD 6550M vs HD 7470M

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7470M and Radeon HD 6550M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 7470M
2012
1 GB DDR3, 7 Watt
0.91

HD 6550M outperforms HD 7470M by a substantial 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11041022
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.353.67
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameSeymourLexington
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2012 (13 years ago)26 November 2010 (14 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 cores160400
Core clock speed750 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors370 million2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)7 Watt26 Watt
Texture fill rate6.40012.00
Floating-point processing power0.256 TFLOPS0.48 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs820

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-II

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s28.8 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D 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 results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

HD 7470M 0.91
HD 6550M 1.20
+31.9%

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.

HD 7470M 522
HD 6550M 993
+90.2%

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.

HD 7470M 1740
HD 6550M 3731
+114%

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:

900p10−12
−40%
14
+40%
Full HD14−16
−35.7%
19
+35.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Fortnite 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Valorant 30−35
−6.3%
30−35
+6.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 24−27
−20.8%
27−30
+20.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Dota 2 14−16
−13.3%
16−18
+13.3%
Fortnite 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Valorant 30−35
−6.3%
30−35
+6.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Dota 2 14−16
−13.3%
16−18
+13.3%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Valorant 30−35
−6.3%
30−35
+6.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Valorant 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

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

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 0−1 1−2
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Dota 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how HD 7470M and HD 6550M compete in popular games:

  • HD 6550M is 40% faster in 900p
  • HD 6550M is 36% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Valorant, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 6550M is 400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 6550M is ahead in 29 tests (69%)
  • there's a draw in 13 tests (31%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.91 1.20
Recency 7 January 2012 26 November 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 26 Watt

HD 7470M has an age advantage of 1 year, and 271.4% lower power consumption.

HD 6550M, on the other hand, has a 31.9% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon HD 6550M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7470M in performance tests.

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