Radeon HD 6550D vs RX Vega 5

Place in the ranking	651	1099
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	21.24	1.10
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Vega	Sumo
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)	20 June 2011 (13 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	320	400
Core clock speed	no data	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	1,178 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	12.00
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.48 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	8
TMUs	no data	20

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	no data	IGP
Width	no data	IGP

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	no data	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	no data	System Shared
Memory bus width	no data	System Shared
Memory clock speed	no data	System Shared
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

no data

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.0
OpenGL	no data	4.4
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	N/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. 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 Vega 5 4.65
+347%

HD 6550D 1.04

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 Vega 5 3535
+272%

HD 6550D 952

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 Vega 5 11704
+198%

HD 6550D 3930

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

−11.1%

20
+11.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9
+200%

3−4

−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	15 +200%	5−6 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12 +500%	2−3 −500%
Battlefield 5	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	13 +225%	4−5 −225%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +550%	2−3 −550%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30	0−1
Hitman 3	8 +60%	5−6 −60%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +138%	12−14 −138%
Metro Exodus	20 +400%	4−5 −400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18 +1700%	1−2 −1700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +143%	7−8 −143%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +40.6%	30−35 −40.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +160%	5−6 −160%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5	0−1
Battlefield 5	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12 +200%	4−5 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +550%	2−3 −550%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30	0−1
Hitman 3	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +138%	12−14 −138%
Metro Exodus	15 +400%	3−4 −400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 +143%	7−8 −143%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +54.5%	10−12 −54.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +40.6%	30−35 −40.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +160%	5−6 −160%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30	0−1
Hitman 3	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +138%	12−14 −138%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14 +100%	7−8 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +40.6%	30−35 −40.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12
+1100%

1−2

−1100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Hitman 3	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Metro Exodus	2−3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +625%	4−5 −625%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
+125%

4−5

−125%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Hitman 3	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5	0−1
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
+150%

2−3

−150%

This is how RX Vega 5 and HD 6550D compete in popular games:

HD 6550D is 11% faster in 1080p

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

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 5 is 1700% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6550D is 22% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX Vega 5 is ahead in 42 tests (98%)
HD 6550D is ahead in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.65	1.04
Recency	7 January 2020	20 June 2011
Chip lithography	7 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

RX Vega 5 has a 347.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega 5 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6550D in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 5 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 6550D is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.