Radeon RX 6550M vs RX 6550S
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 221 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | RDNA 2 (2020−2022) | RDNA 2 (2020−2022) |
| GPU code name | Navi 24 | Navi 24 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 5 January 2023 (1 year ago) | 5 January 2023 (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 cores | 1024 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 2000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2170 MHz | 2560 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,400 million | 5,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt (35 - 50 Watt TGP) | 80 Watt (50 - 80 Watt TGP) |
| Texture fill rate | 153.6 | 181.8 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on Radeon RX 6550S and Radeon RX 6550M 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 size | medium sized | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 16000 MHz | 18000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 128.0 GB/s | 144.0 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 Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
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