Radeon RX 6550M vs RX 7900 XTX

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 7900 XTX with Radeon RX 6550M, including specs and performance data.

RX 7900 XTX
2022
24 GB GDDR6, 355 Watt
80.46
+223%

RX 7900 XTX outperforms RX 6550M by a whopping 223% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8212
Place by popularity61not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation34.59no data
Power efficiency15.7021.55
ArchitectureRDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 31Navi 24
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date3 November 2022 (2 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores61441024
Core clock speed1929 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speed2498 MHz2840 MHz
Number of transistors57,700 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)355 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate959.2181.8
Floating-point processing power61.39 TFLOPS5.816 TFLOPS
ROPs19232
TMUs38464
Ray Tracing Cores9616

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length287 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth960.0 GB/s144.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-CPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.22.2
Vulkan1.31.3

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 7900 XTX 80.46
+223%
RX 6550M 24.89

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.

RX 7900 XTX 31048
+223%
RX 6550M 9603

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 7900 XTX 83322
+306%
RX 6550M 20506

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RX 7900 XTX 64680
+340%
RX 6550M 14696

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 HD255
+259%
71
−259%
1440p178
+612%
25
−612%
4K107
+257%
30−35
−257%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.92no data
1440p5.61no data
4K9.34no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 242
+505%
40−45
−505%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 166
+207%
50−55
−207%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 283
+574%
40−45
−574%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+205%
80−85
−205%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+140%
50−55
−140%
Cyberpunk 2077 231
+478%
40−45
−478%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+111%
55−60
−111%
Far Cry New Dawn 200−210
+214%
60−65
−214%
Forza Horizon 4 250−260
+74.3%
140−150
−74.3%
Hitman 3 120−130
+163%
45−50
−163%
Horizon Zero Dawn 280−290
+152%
110−120
−152%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+84.5%
80−85
−84.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+93.8%
60−65
−93.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 350−400
+322%
80−85
−322%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+51%
100−110
−51%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 330
+511%
50−55
−511%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 241
+474%
40−45
−474%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+205%
80−85
−205%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+140%
50−55
−140%
Cyberpunk 2077 208
+420%
40−45
−420%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+111%
55−60
−111%
Far Cry New Dawn 200−210
+214%
60−65
−214%
Forza Horizon 4 250−260
+74.3%
140−150
−74.3%
Hitman 3 120−130
+163%
45−50
−163%
Horizon Zero Dawn 280−290
+152%
110−120
−152%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+84.5%
80−85
−84.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+93.8%
60−65
−93.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 535
+430%
101
−430%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 170−180
+234%
50−55
−234%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+51%
100−110
−51%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 134
+148%
50−55
−148%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 210
+400%
40−45
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+140%
50−55
−140%
Cyberpunk 2077 199
+398%
40−45
−398%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+111%
55−60
−111%
Forza Horizon 4 295
+105%
140−150
−105%
Hitman 3 120−130
+163%
45−50
−163%
Horizon Zero Dawn 406
+259%
110−120
−259%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 471
+435%
88
−435%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 298
+508%
49
−508%
Watch Dogs: Legion 158
+54.9%
100−110
−54.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+93.8%
60−65
−93.8%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+253%
45−50
−253%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+203%
35−40
−203%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 132
+428%
24−27
−428%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 171
+613%
24−27
−613%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+193%
27−30
−193%
Cyberpunk 2077 141
+840%
14−16
−840%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+200%
27−30
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+93.6%
140−150
−93.6%
Hitman 3 110−120
+307%
27−30
−307%
Horizon Zero Dawn 328
+556%
50−55
−556%
Metro Exodus 146
+217%
45−50
−217%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 360
+579%
50−55
−579%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 238
+693%
30−33
−693%
Watch Dogs: Legion 240−250
+72.7%
130−140
−72.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+202%
40−45
−202%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+267%
24−27
−267%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+263%
18−20
−263%
Hitman 3 70−75
+284%
18−20
−284%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+79.4%
120−130
−79.4%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+386%
27−30
−386%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 182
+600%
24−27
−600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 110
+633%
14−16
−633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 107
+723%
12−14
−723%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+271%
14−16
−271%
Cyberpunk 2077 71
+1083%
6−7
−1083%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+257%
14−16
−257%
Forza Horizon 4 227
+568%
30−35
−568%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 197
+557%
30−33
−557%
Watch Dogs: Legion 103
+836%
10−12
−836%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+352%
21−24
−352%

This is how RX 7900 XTX and RX 6550M compete in popular games:

  • RX 7900 XTX is 259% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7900 XTX is 612% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7900 XTX is 257% faster in 4K

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 7900 XTX is 1083% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 7900 XTX surpassed RX 6550M in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 80.46 24.89
Recency 3 November 2022 4 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 355 Watt 80 Watt

RX 7900 XTX has a 223.3% higher aggregate performance score, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

RX 6550M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and 343.8% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6550M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6550M is a notebook one.


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