HD 6550D vs VII

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Combined performance score

Radeon VII
43.07
+4041%

VII outperforms HD 6550D by 4041% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking751056
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money65.930.18
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameVega 20Llano
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 February 2019 (5 years old)30 June 2011 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data
Current price$160 (0.2x MSRP)$49
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Radeon VII has 36528% better value for money than HD 6550D.

Technical specs

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 cores3840400
Core clock speed1400 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed1750 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,230 million1000 Million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)295 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate420.012.00

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Length305 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno data

Memory

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 typeHBM2System Shared
Maximum RAM amount16 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width4096 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth1024 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Video outputs and ports

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, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.131N/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.

Radeon VII 43.07
+4041%
HD 6550D 1.04

VII outperforms HD 6550D by 4041% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Radeon VII 16690
+4031%
HD 6550D 404

VII outperforms HD 6550D by 4031% in Passmark.

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%

Radeon VII 62128
+1481%
HD 6550D 3930

VII outperforms HD 6550D by 1481% 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%

Radeon VII 37881
+3881%
HD 6550D 952

VII outperforms HD 6550D by 3881% 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 HD121
+505%
20
−505%
1440p76
+7500%
1−2
−7500%
4K57
+5600%
1−2
−5600%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+2467%
3−4
−2467%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 76
+7500%
1−2
−7500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 99
+4850%
2−3
−4850%
Battlefield 5 136
+4433%
3−4
−4433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 148
+1544%
9−10
−1544%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+2467%
3−4
−2467%
Far Cry 5 99
+4850%
2−3
−4850%
Far Cry New Dawn 95
+4650%
2−3
−4650%
Forza Horizon 4 163
+5333%
3−4
−5333%
Hitman 3 130−140
+13700%
1−2
−13700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 121
+12000%
1−2
−12000%
Red Dead Redemption 2 126
+4100%
3−4
−4100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120
+1614%
7−8
−1614%
Watch Dogs: Legion 113
+5550%
2−3
−5550%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70
+6900%
1−2
−6900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 82
+8100%
1−2
−8100%
Battlefield 5 137
+4467%
3−4
−4467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 127
+1311%
9−10
−1311%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+2467%
3−4
−2467%
Far Cry 5 95
+4650%
2−3
−4650%
Far Cry New Dawn 92
+4500%
2−3
−4500%
Forza Horizon 4 157
+5133%
3−4
−5133%
Hitman 3 130−140
+13700%
1−2
−13700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 96
+9500%
1−2
−9500%
Metro Exodus 88
+8700%
1−2
−8700%
Red Dead Redemption 2 70
+2233%
3−4
−2233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 113
+1514%
7−8
−1514%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 139
+3375%
4−5
−3375%
Watch Dogs: Legion 99
+4850%
2−3
−4850%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 63
+6200%
1−2
−6200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 72
+7100%
1−2
−7100%
Battlefield 5 127
+4133%
3−4
−4133%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+2467%
3−4
−2467%
Far Cry 5 91
+4450%
2−3
−4450%
Far Cry New Dawn 83
+4050%
2−3
−4050%
Forza Horizon 4 130
+4233%
3−4
−4233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75
+1775%
4−5
−1775%
Watch Dogs: Legion 63
+6200%
1−2
−6200%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 91
+2933%
3−4
−2933%
Hitman 3 80−85
+1950%
4−5
−1950%
Horizon Zero Dawn 72
+800%
8−9
−800%
Metro Exodus 56
+5500%
1−2
−5500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 46
+4500%
1−2
−4500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+1240%
5−6
−1240%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+4600%
1−2
−4600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 57
+5600%
1−2
−5600%
Battlefield 5 85−90
+4300%
2−3
−4300%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+3500%
1−2
−3500%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+3900%
2−3
−3900%
Far Cry New Dawn 83
+4050%
2−3
−4050%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+4500%
2−3
−4500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+6400%
1−2
−6400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 48
+4700%
1−2
−4700%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 52
+5100%
1−2
−5100%
Hitman 3 40−45
+4300%
1−2
−4300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21
+163%
8−9
−163%
Metro Exodus 37 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 30 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 44
+4300%
1−2
−4300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 54
+5300%
1−2
−5300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 44 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35 0−1
Battlefield 5 73
+7200%
1−2
−7200%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18 0−1
Far Cry 5 59
+1867%
3−4
−1867%
Far Cry New Dawn 61
+1120%
5−6
−1120%
Forza Horizon 4 77
+7600%
1−2
−7600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 29 0−1

This is how Radeon VII and HD 6550D compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • Radeon VII is 505% faster than HD 6550D

1440p resolution:

  • Radeon VII is 7500% faster than HD 6550D

4K resolution:

  • Radeon VII is 5600% faster than HD 6550D

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

  • in Hitman 3, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon VII is 13700% faster than the HD 6550D.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, Radeon VII surpassed HD 6550D in all 29 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 43.07 1.04
Recency 7 February 2019 30 June 2011
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 7 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 295 Watt 65 Watt

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


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