FirePro V5900 vs Radeon HD 6550A

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V5900 and Radeon HD 6550A. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro V5900 and Radeon HD 6550A. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro V5900 Radeon HD 6550A
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI No outputs
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  • FirePro V5900 has 114% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • FirePro V5900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6550A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • FirePro V5900 and Radeon HD 6550A have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro V5900 is 50 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • FirePro V5900 and Radeon HD 6550A are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V5900 is 400 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 0−1
ultra / 1080p 2−3
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 1−2
medium / 1080p 7−8 0−1
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V5900 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 Radeon HD 6550A
Architecture TeraScale 3 TeraScale 2
Code name Cayman Pinewood
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 7 February 2011
Pipelines 512 480
Core clock speed 600 MHz 550 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 627 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 13.20
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops 624.0 gflops
Length 230 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
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