Radeon HD 6550D vs RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Place in performance ranking	617	1061
Place by popularity	34	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	no data	0.18
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Llano
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	26 October 2017 (6 years ago)	30 June 2011 (12 years ago)
Current price	no data	$49

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	512	400
Core clock speed	no data	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	1000 Million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	12.00

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and Radeon HD 6550D compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

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

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No outputs

API Compatibility

List of supported graphics 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	no data	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 4.49
+336%

HD 6550D 1.03

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) outperforms HD 6550D by 336% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 10294
+162%

HD 6550D 3930

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) outperforms HD 6550D by 162% in 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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 3557
+274%

HD 6550D 952

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) outperforms HD 6550D by 274% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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	18 −11.1%	20 +11.1%
4K	10 +400%	2−3 −400%

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 +400%	3−4 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10 +400%	2−3 −400%
Battlefield 5	24 +380%	5−6 −380%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 +200%	3−4 −200%
Far Cry 5	12 +500%	2−3 −500%
Far Cry New Dawn	13 +550%	2−3 −550%
Forza Horizon 4	26 +420%	5−6 −420%
Hitman 3	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	12 +300%	3−4 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12 +500%	2−3 −500%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	11 +450%	2−3 −450%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	0−1
Battlefield 5	22 +340%	5−6 −340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6 −50%	9−10 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	6 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	10 +400%	2−3 −400%
Far Cry New Dawn	14 +367%	3−4 −367%
Forza Horizon 4	30 +400%	6−7 −400%
Hitman 3	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9	0−1
Metro Exodus	7 +600%	1−2 −600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13 +225%	4−5 −225%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8 +700%	1−2 −700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	0−1
Battlefield 5	23 +360%	5−6 −360%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	9 +350%	2−3 −350%
Far Cry New Dawn	14 +367%	3−4 −367%
Forza Horizon 4	23 +360%	5−6 −360%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8 +100%	4−5 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Hitman 3	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Metro Exodus	3−4	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Hitman 3	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Battlefield 5	6 +500%	1−2 −500%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	9 +350%	2−3 −350%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and HD 6550D compete in popular games:

HD 6550D is 11.1% faster than RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) in 1080p
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is 400% faster than HD 6550D in 4K

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

in Hitman 3, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is 900% faster than the HD 6550D.
in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 6550D is 50% faster than the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000).

All in all, in popular games: