Radeon HD 6550M vs RX 5500 XT

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 5500 XT with Radeon HD 6550M, including specs and performance data.

RX 5500 XT
2019
8 GB GDDR6, 130 Watt
23.66
+1614%

RX 5500 XT outperforms HD 6550M by a whopping 1614% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2441021
Place by popularity88not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.08no data
Power efficiency12.523.65
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameNavi 14Lexington
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 December 2019 (5 years ago)26 November 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$169 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores1408400
Core clock speed1607 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed1845 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,400 million2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt26 Watt
Texture fill rate162.412.00
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS0.48 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs8820

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 4.0 x8MXM-II
Length180 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6DDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.55.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.131N/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.

RX 5500 XT 23.66
+1614%
HD 6550M 1.38

  • Other tests
    • 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
    • 3DMark Vantage Performance

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.

RX 5500 XT 19499
+1864%
HD 6550M 993

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.

RX 5500 XT 68429
+1734%
HD 6550M 3731

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:

900p240−250
+1614%
14
−1614%
Full HD79
+316%
19
−316%
1440p44
+2100%
2−3
−2100%
4K25
+2400%
1−2
−2400%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.14no data
1440p3.84no data
4K6.76no data

FPS performance in popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • Full HD
    Epic Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    Epic Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    Epic Preset
Atomic Heart 98
+2350%
4−5
−2350%
Counter-Strike 2 66
+725%
8−9
−725%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+2500%
3−4
−2500%
Atomic Heart 75
+1775%
4−5
−1775%
Battlefield 5 74
+7300%
1−2
−7300%
Counter-Strike 2 50
+525%
8−9
−525%
Cyberpunk 2077 61
+1933%
3−4
−1933%
Far Cry 5 105
+1650%
6−7
−1650%
Fortnite 110−120
+3633%
3−4
−3633%
Forza Horizon 4 78
+1014%
7−8
−1014%
Forza Horizon 5 92
+1740%
5−6
−1740%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 85−90
+856%
9−10
−856%
Valorant 150−160
+362%
30−35
−362%
Atomic Heart 43
+975%
4−5
−975%
Battlefield 5 71
+7000%
1−2
−7000%
Counter-Strike 2 41
+413%
8−9
−413%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 240−250
+755%
27−30
−755%
Cyberpunk 2077 45
+1400%
3−4
−1400%
Dota 2 149
+776%
16−18
−776%
Far Cry 5 96
+1820%
5−6
−1820%
Fortnite 110−120
+3633%
3−4
−3633%
Forza Horizon 4 66
+843%
7−8
−843%
Forza Horizon 5 61
+1933%
3−4
−1933%
Grand Theft Auto V 94
+9300%
1−2
−9300%
Metro Exodus 52
+2500%
2−3
−2500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 85−90
+856%
9−10
−856%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95
+1483%
6−7
−1483%
Valorant 150−160
+362%
30−35
−362%
Battlefield 5 68
+6700%
1−2
−6700%
Counter-Strike 2 35
+338%
8−9
−338%
Cyberpunk 2077 40
+1233%
3−4
−1233%
Dota 2 143
+741%
16−18
−741%
Far Cry 5 89
+1680%
5−6
−1680%
Forza Horizon 4 56
+700%
7−8
−700%
Forza Horizon 5 62
+1967%
3−4
−1967%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 85−90
+856%
9−10
−856%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 58
+867%
6−7
−867%
Valorant 114
+235%
30−35
−235%
Fortnite 110−120
+3633%
3−4
−3633%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 150−160
+1875%
8−9
−1875%
Grand Theft Auto V 44
+2100%
2−3
−2100%
Metro Exodus 31
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+2075%
8−9
−2075%
Valorant 190−200
+3820%
5−6
−3820%
Battlefield 5 55
+1733%
3−4
−1733%
Cyberpunk 2077 20
+1900%
1−2
−1900%
Far Cry 5 60
+5900%
1−2
−5900%
Forza Horizon 4 41
+1267%
3−4
−1267%
Forza Horizon 5 39
+1850%
2−3
−1850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+1750%
2−3
−1750%
Fortnite 50−55
+2500%
2−3
−2500%
Atomic Heart 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Counter-Strike 2 10−12 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 42
+180%
14−16
−180%
Metro Exodus 19
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 31
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
Valorant 120−130
+1729%
7−8
−1729%
Battlefield 5 35
+1650%
2−3
−1650%
Counter-Strike 2 4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 8 0−1
Dota 2 78
+7700%
1−2
−7700%
Far Cry 5 30
+1400%
2−3
−1400%
Forza Horizon 4 21
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Forza Horizon 5 21
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Fortnite 24−27
+1100%
2−3
−1100%

This is how RX 5500 XT and HD 6550M compete in popular games:

  • RX 5500 XT is 1614% faster in 900p
  • RX 5500 XT is 316% faster in 1080p
  • RX 5500 XT is 2100% faster in 1440p
  • RX 5500 XT is 2400% faster in 4K

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 5500 XT is 9300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 5500 XT surpassed HD 6550M in all 49 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 23.66 1.38
Recency 12 December 2019 26 November 2010
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 26 Watt

RX 5500 XT has a 1614.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

HD 6550M, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5500 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6550M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5500 XT is a desktop card while Radeon HD 6550M is a notebook one.

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