Radeon RX 6500 vs HD 8550M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8550M and Radeon RX 6500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 8550M
2014
1 GB DDR3
1.35

RX 6500 outperforms HD 8550M by a whopping 1256% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1056335
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)no data
GPU code nameSunno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date13 July 2014 (11 years ago)no data

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 cores320no data
Core clock speed650 MHzno data
Boost clock speed850 MHzno data
Number of transistors690 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nmno data
Texture fill rate17.00no data
Floating-point processing power0.544 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs20no data
L1 Cache80 KBno data
L2 Cache128 KBno data

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8no 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 typeDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed900 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno data
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 data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 0−1 0−1

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 2−3
−3800%
75−80
+3800%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1933%
60−65
+1933%
Fortnite 4−5
−2375%
95−100
+2375%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−850%
75−80
+850%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
−2850%
55−60
+2850%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
−610%
70−75
+610%
Valorant 30−35
−318%
140−150
+318%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 2−3
−3800%
75−80
+3800%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 30−35
−635%
220−230
+635%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Dota 2 16−18
−529%
100−110
+529%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1933%
60−65
+1933%
Fortnite 4−5
−2375%
95−100
+2375%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−850%
75−80
+850%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
−2850%
55−60
+2850%
Grand Theft Auto V 1−2
−6800%
65−70
+6800%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−1900%
40−45
+1900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
−610%
70−75
+610%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−643%
50−55
+643%
Valorant 30−35
−318%
140−150
+318%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 2−3
−3800%
75−80
+3800%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Dota 2 16−18
−529%
100−110
+529%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1933%
60−65
+1933%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−850%
75−80
+850%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
−610%
70−75
+610%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−643%
50−55
+643%
Valorant 30−35
−1224%
450−500
+1224%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 4−5
−2375%
95−100
+2375%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 9−10
−1400%
130−140
+1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
−1186%
180−190
+1186%
Valorant 5−6
−3420%
170−180
+3420%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2
−4100%
40−45
+4100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−1050%
45−50
+1050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−1250%
27−30
+1250%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
−2050%
40−45
+2050%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−143%
30−35
+143%
Valorant 7−8
−1414%
100−110
+1414%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 1−2
−6400%
65−70
+6400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−850%
18−20
+850%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
−850%
18−20
+850%

1440p
High

Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

4K
High

Metro Exodus 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

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

  • in Grand Theft Auto V, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 6500 is 6800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 6500 performs better in 36 tests (82%)
  • there's a draw in 8 tests (18%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 1.35 18.31

RX 6500 has a 1256% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon RX 6500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8550M in performance tests.

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