Intel Iris Graphics 550
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6550M
Intel Iris Graphics 550
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6550M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel Iris Graphics 550 and AMD Radeon HD 6550M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

419
Place in performance rating
745
Gen. 9 Skylake
Architecture
Terascale 2
Skylake GT3e
Code name
Lexington
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 September 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
26 November 2010 (11 years ago)
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Price now
$338
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Value for money
0.11
Skylake GT3e
GPU code name
Capilano-PRO
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel Iris Graphics 550 and AMD Radeon HD 6550M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
400
300 MHz
Core clock speed
600 MHz
1100 MHz
Boost Clock
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189 million
Transistor count
2,154 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
26 Watt
52.80
Texture fill rate
12.00
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Floating-point performance
480.0 gflops
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
400
1100 MHz
Boost clock speed
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189 million
Number of transistors
2,154 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
26 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel Iris Graphics 550 and AMD Radeon HD 6550M.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
MXM-II
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Laptop size
medium sized

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics Intel Iris Graphics 550 and AMD Radeon HD 6550M can be seen in this section.

eDRAM
Memory type
DDR3
64 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
800 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel Iris Graphics 550 and AMD Radeon HD 6550M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between Intel Iris Graphics 550 and AMD Radeon HD 6550M is the additional functionality.

+
Quick Sync
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel Iris Graphics 550 and AMD Radeon HD 6550M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
1.1.97
Vulkan
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6.4
Shader Model
no data
2.1
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel Iris Graphics 550 and AMD Radeon HD 6550M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Intel Iris Graphics 550 or AMD Radeon HD 6550M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 550
AMD Radeon HD 6550M
Death Stranding (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 550
AMD Radeon HD 6550M
F1 2020 (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 550
AMD Radeon HD 6550M
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 550
AMD Radeon HD 6550M
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel Iris Graphics 550
AMD Radeon HD 6550M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of Intel Iris Graphics 550

8.33% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 26 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (64 MB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6550M

More pipelines (400 vs 384)

So, Intel Iris Graphics 550 or AMD Radeon HD 6550M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend Intel Iris Graphics 550 .

Intel Iris Graphics 550 versus AMD Radeon HD 6550M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Intel Iris Graphics 550
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