Radeon HD 6550A vs R9 370
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R9 370 with Radeon HD 6550A, including specs and performance data.
R9 370 outperforms HD 6550A by a whopping 568% 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 | 460 | 991 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 7.90 | 3.72 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Trinidad | Pinewood |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 5 May 2015 (11 years ago) | 7 February 2011 (15 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 | 1280 | 480 |
| Core clock speed | 925 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 975 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | 627 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 78.00 | 13.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.496 TFLOPS | 0.528 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 80 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 384 KB | 48 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 256 KB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | MXM-A (3.0) |
| Length | 221 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 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.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
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 | 45
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Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 11.29 | 1.69 |
| Recency | 5 May 2015 | 7 February 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 35 Watt |
R9 370 has a 568% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.
HD 6550A, on the other hand, has 214% lower power consumption.
The Radeon R9 370 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6550A in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon R9 370 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon HD 6550A is a notebook one.
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