GeForce 845M vs Radeon HD 6550A

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 845M 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 GeForce 845M 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.

GeForce 845M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce 845M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce 845M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 845M Radeon HD 6550A
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-A (3.0)
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce 845M has 28% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • GeForce 845M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 6550A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce 845M and Radeon HD 6550A have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • GeForce 845M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6550A - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 845M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 845M is 521 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • GeForce 845M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 845M is 400 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 0−1
ultra / 1080p 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 1−2
medium / 1080p 6−7 0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 845M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 845M Radeon HD 6550A
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
Code name GM108 Pinewood
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 12 March 2014 7 February 2011
Pipelines 384 480
Core clock speed 1071 MHz 550 MHz
Boost Clock 1150 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 627 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 37.63 13.20
Floating-point performance 883.7 gflops 624.0 gflops
Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 - 5000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 76 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
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