T550 Mobile vs Radeon RX 6500

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Aggregated performance score

RX 6500
20.27
+97.4%

Radeon RX 6500 outperforms T550 Mobile by an impressive 97% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking258407
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataTuring (2018−2021)
GPU code nameno dataTU117
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateno data27 May 2022 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data1024
Core clock speedno data1065 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1665 MHz
Number of transistorsno data4,700 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data25 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rateno data106.6

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 6500 and T550 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16

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 typeno dataGDDR5, GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data12000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.3
CUDAno data7.5

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 HD100−110
+92.3%
52
−92.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+95.2%
21−24
−95.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
+119%
16−18
−119%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+94.3%
35−40
−94.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+96.3%
27−30
−96.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+29.3%
41
−29.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+104%
27−30
−104%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+91.7%
35−40
−91.7%
Hitman 3 55−60
+127%
24−27
−127%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+105%
21−24
−105%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+83.3%
18−20
−83.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+95.5%
21−24
−95.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+117%
18−20
−117%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+95.2%
21−24
−95.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
+119%
16−18
−119%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+94.3%
35−40
−94.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+96.3%
27−30
−96.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+39.5%
38
−39.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+104%
27−30
−104%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+91.7%
35−40
−91.7%
Hitman 3 55−60
+127%
24−27
−127%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+105%
21−24
−105%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+120%
14−16
−120%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+83.3%
18−20
−83.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+95.5%
21−24
−95.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+10%
40
−10%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+117%
18−20
−117%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+95.2%
21−24
−95.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
+119%
16−18
−119%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+94.3%
35−40
−94.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+51.4%
35
−51.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+104%
27−30
−104%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+91.7%
35−40
−91.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+120%
20
−120%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+117%
18−20
−117%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−33
+100%
14−16
−100%
Hitman 3 30−35
+106%
16−18
−106%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+68.8%
16−18
−68.8%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+138%
8−9
−138%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+100%
12−14
−100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+120%
10−11
−120%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+150%
18−20
−150%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+113%
16−18
−113%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+129%
16−18
−129%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+128%
18−20
−128%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Hitman 3 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+163%
8−9
−163%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Battlefield 5 21−24
+188%
8−9
−188%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+100%
8−9
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+72.7%
10−12
−72.7%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+115%
12−14
−115%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%

This is how RX 6500 and T550 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RX 6500 is 92% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6500 is 300% faster than the T550 Mobile.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 6500 surpassed T550 Mobile in all 67 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.27 10.27

The Radeon RX 6500 is our recommended choice as it beats the T550 Mobile in performance tests.


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