Radeon HD 6550D vs HD 8970M Crossfire
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire with Radeon HD 6550D, including specs and performance data.
HD 8970M Crossfire outperforms HD 6550D by a whopping 1675% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 353 | 1170 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 6.56 | 1.14 |
| Architecture | GCN (2012−2015) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Neptune CF | Sumo |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 May 2012 (13 years ago) | 20 June 2011 (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 cores | 2560 | 400 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,178 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 65 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 12.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.48 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 8 |
| TMUs | no data | 20 |
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 | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | IGP |
| Width | no data | IGP |
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 | GDDR5 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz | System Shared |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 data | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
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.
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.
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.
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 HD | 69
+245%
| 20
−245%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 95−100
+1860%
|
5−6
−1860%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+1750%
|
2−3
−1750%
|
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 35−40
+1800%
|
2−3
−1800%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 70−75
+1725%
|
4−5
−1725%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 95−100
+1860%
|
5−6
−1860%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+1750%
|
2−3
−1750%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 55−60
+5600%
|
1−2
−5600%
|
| Fortnite | 90−95
+9300%
|
1−2
−9300%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 70−75
+1083%
|
6−7
−1083%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 50−55 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 65−70
+622%
|
9−10
−622%
|
| Valorant | 130−140
+335%
|
30−35
−335%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 70−75
+1725%
|
4−5
−1725%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 95−100
+1860%
|
5−6
−1860%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 128
+433%
|
24−27
−433%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+1750%
|
2−3
−1750%
|
| Dota 2 | 100−110
+636%
|
14−16
−636%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 55−60
+5600%
|
1−2
−5600%
|
| Fortnite | 90−95
+9300%
|
1−2
−9300%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 70−75
+1083%
|
6−7
−1083%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 50−55 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 65−70
+2067%
|
3−4
−2067%
|
| Metro Exodus | 35−40
+3600%
|
1−2
−3600%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 65−70
+622%
|
9−10
−622%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 45−50
+700%
|
6−7
−700%
|
| Valorant | 130−140
+335%
|
30−35
−335%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 70−75
+1725%
|
4−5
−1725%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+1750%
|
2−3
−1750%
|
| Dota 2 | 100−110
+636%
|
14−16
−636%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 55−60
+5600%
|
1−2
−5600%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 70−75
+1083%
|
6−7
−1083%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 65−70
+622%
|
9−10
−622%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 45−50
+700%
|
6−7
−700%
|
| Valorant | 130−140
+335%
|
30−35
−335%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 90−95
+9300%
|
1−2
−9300%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 30−35
+750%
|
4−5
−750%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 120−130
+2017%
|
6−7
−2017%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 27−30
+2800%
|
1−2
−2800%
|
| Metro Exodus | 21−24
+2100%
|
1−2
−2100%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 160−170
+1550%
|
10−11
−1550%
|
| Valorant | 160−170
+1767%
|
9−10
−1767%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+2350%
|
2−3
−2350%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 35−40
+3700%
|
1−2
−3700%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45
+1333%
|
3−4
−1333%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 24−27
+1200%
|
2−3
−1200%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 40−45
+3900%
|
1−2
−3900%
|
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−35
+129%
|
14−16
−129%
|
| Metro Exodus | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 24−27
+2400%
|
1−2
−2400%
|
| Valorant | 95−100
+1860%
|
5−6
−1860%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 24−27
+2500%
|
1−2
−2500%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 60−65
+1933%
|
3−4
−1933%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 18−20
+1800%
|
1−2
−1800%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−33
+2900%
|
1−2
−2900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 16−18
+750%
|
2−3
−750%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 18−20
+800%
|
2−3
−800%
|
This is how HD 8970M Crossfire and HD 6550D compete in popular games:
- HD 8970M Crossfire is 245% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Fortnite, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 8970M Crossfire is 9300% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, HD 8970M Crossfire surpassed HD 6550D in all 36 of our tests.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 17.04 | 0.96 |
| Recency | 1 May 2012 | 20 June 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 65 Watt |
HD 8970M Crossfire has a 1675% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 months, and a 14% more advanced lithography process.
HD 6550D, on the other hand, has 208% lower power consumption.
The Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6550D in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 6550D is a desktop one.
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