AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 vs AMD Radeon HD 6550D

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Performance
Radeon RX Vega 381% better
1,723.52% of 104,598
Radeon HD 6550D
951.51% of 104,598

The Radeon RX Vega 3 has 81% better performance than the Radeon HD 6550D for the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark.

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Radeon RX Vega 3
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Radeon HD 6550D
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Summary

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About the AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 GPU

The Radeon RX Vega 3 is an graphics card by AMD. It is built on the Vega GPU microarchitecture and is manufactured on a 14 nm process.

Cores and Clock Speeds

The RX Vega 3 includes 192 stream processors (SPs), the processing units for handling parallel computing tasks. The GPU operates at a core clock speed of 600 MHz and can dynamically boost its clock speed up to 1,200 MHz.

Compatibility & Power Consumption

The GPU has a thermal design power (TDP) of 15 W. A power supply not strong enough to handle this might result in system crashes and potentially damage your hardware.

Benchmark Performance

The RX Vega 3 has the 388th best 3DMark 11 Performance GPU score among the 543 benchmarked GPUs in our database. It achieves 1.65% of the performance of the best benchmarked GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

About the AMD Radeon HD 6550D GPU

The AMD Radeon HD 6550D is an end-of-life integrated graphics card that released in Q2 2011. It is built on the TeraScale 2 GPU microarchitecture (codename Sumo) and is manufactured on a 32 nm process.

Cores and Clock Speeds

The HD 6550D includes 400 stream processors (SPs), the processing units for handling parallel computing tasks. The GPU operates at a core clock speed of 600 MHz. Complementing the processing units are 20 texture mapping units (TMUs) for efficient texture filtering and 8 render output units (ROPs) for pixel processing.

Compatibility & Power Consumption

The GPU has a thermal design power (TDP) of 65 W. A power supply not strong enough to handle this might result in system crashes and potentially damage your hardware.

Benchmark Performance

The HD 6550D has the 461st best 3DMark 11 Performance GPU score among the 543 benchmarked GPUs in our database. It achieves 0.91% of the performance of the best benchmarked GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

General Info

General overview of the GPU, including details like its manufacturer, release date, launch price, and current production status.

InfoRadeon RX Vega 3Radeon HD 6550D
ManufacturerAMDAMD
ArchitectureVegaTeraScale 2
Market SegmentIntegratedIntegrated
Release Date--Q2 2011
Production Status--End-of-life
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Gaming Performance

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Our database does not have gaming performance data for the AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 or the AMD Radeon HD 6550D.

Benchmark Performance

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Performance
Radeon RX Vega 381% better
1,723.52% of 104,598
Radeon HD 6550D
951.51% of 104,598

The Radeon RX Vega 3 has 81% better performance than the Radeon HD 6550D for the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark.

The Radeon RX Vega 3 is ranked 388th with a score of 1,723.5, and the Radeon HD 6550D is ranked 461st with a score of 951.5.

Performance per dollar
Radeon RX Vega 3
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Radeon HD 6550D
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We do not have any performance per dollar data for the Radeon RX Vega 3 and the Radeon HD 6550D for the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark.

Relative Performance

The average score in the benchmark test can be compared to similar GPUs to assess relative performance. Generally, powerful GPUs tend to have higher scores.

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Relative Value For Money

The average performance per dollar in the benchmark test can be compared to similar GPUs to assess relative value. A higher score implies a better value for your money.

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Benchmark Scores

This table showcases the average performance scores achieved by both GPUs across industry-standard benchmark tests. These scores provide a valuable insight into overall performance. Powerful GPUs tend to have higher scores.

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BenchmarkRadeon RX Vega 3Radeon HD 6550D
3DMark Time Spy Graphics
393
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3DMark Time Spy Score
441.5
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3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
8,536
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3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
1,171.5
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3DMark Night Raid Graphics
4,873.5
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3DMark 11 Performance Score
1,947
(+83.07%)
1,063.5
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
28.2
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PassMark G3D Mark
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401
PassMark G2D Mark
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130
Unigine Heaven 3.0 DirectX 11
13.9
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 OpenGL
9
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Benchmarks Source: Notebookcheck

Technical Specs

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Graphics Processor

General information about the graphics processing unit like their architecture, manufacturing process size, and transistor count. Newer GPU architectures generally bring efficiency improvements and may introduce technologies that enhance graphical capabilities.

SpecRadeon RX Vega 3Radeon HD 6550D
Codename--Sumo
ArchitectureVegaTeraScale 2
Process Size14 nm32 nm
Transistors4.5 billion1,178 million

Memory Details

Memory specifications like their capacity, bandwidth, and clock speeds. GPU memory stores graphics data like frames, textures, and shadows which helps display rendered images. These specs are crucial for graphics-intense applications like gaming and 3D modeling.

SpecRadeon RX Vega 3Radeon HD 6550D
Memory Size--System Shared
Memory Type--System Shared
Memory Bandwidth--System Dependent
Memory Clock--System Shared
Memory Interface--System Shared

Board Compatibility

Compatibility information like their slot size, bus interface, power consumption, and display support. These specs are useful for verifying compatibility with your motherboard, power supply, and monitor.

SpecRadeon RX Vega 3Radeon HD 6550D
Bus Interface--IGP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)15 W65 W
Outputs--Motherboard Dependent

Cores & Clock Speeds

Processing power information like its cores and clock speed. These specs impact how fast they can process graphics. Each type of core or component serves a specific computational purpose.

SpecRadeon RX Vega 3Radeon HD 6550D
Stream Processors (SP)192400
Compute Units (CU)--5
Texture Mapping Units (TMU)--20
Render Output Units (ROP)--8
Core Clock Speed600 MHz600 MHz
Core Clock Speed (Boost)1,200 MHz--

Theoretical Performance

Theoretical performance numbers derived from the raw specifications of the different components like core count and clock speeds. While these provide a glimpse into peak processing power, they do not represent real-world performance.

SpecRadeon RX Vega 3Radeon HD 6550D
Pixel Fill Rate--4.8 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate--12 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance--480 GFLOPS

API Support

Graphics API versions supported by these graphics cards. APIs evolve over time, introducing new features and functionalities. Older GPUs may not support recent versions.

SpecRadeon RX Vega 3Radeon HD 6550D
DirectX--11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL--1.2
OpenGL--4.4
Shader Model--5.0

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* Performance rating, performance per dollar, and rankings are based on the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark and MSRP.