GeForce 9800 GTX vs Radeon HD 6550A
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon HD 6550A, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 9800 GTX stacks up against Radeon HD 6550A, check out specs charts below.
GeForce 9800 GTX
Radeon HD 6550A
Main Specs
| GeForce 9800 GTX | Radeon HD 6550A | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 140 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-A (3.0) |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 2 GB |
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
- GeForce 9800 GTX has 300% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6550A.
- GeForce 9800 GTX is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6550A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
- GeForce 9800 GTX has 510 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6550A.
- Both cards are used in Desktops.
- GeForce 9800 GTX is build with Tesla architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
- Core clock speed of GeForce 9800 GTX is 1138 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
- GeForce 9800 GTX is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.
- Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6550A is 500 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800 GTX.
Game benchmarks
| high / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 720p | 1−2 | 1−2 |
| medium / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. | ||
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 50−55 | 50−55 |
| high / 1080p | 45−50 | 45−50 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone. | ||
| low / 768p | 60−65 | 60−65 |
| medium / 768p | 27−30 | 27−30 |
| ultra / 1080p | 7−8 | 7−8 |
| high / 768p | 16−18 | 16−18 |
| GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. | ||
| low / 768p | 70−75 | 70−75 |
| ultra / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| medium / 1080p | 45−50 | 45−50 |
| GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077. | ||
| low / 768p | 45−50 | 45−50 |
| medium / 768p | 10−11 | 10−11 |
| ultra / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Dota 2. | ||
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 720p | 21−24 | 21−24 |
| medium / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Fortnite. | ||
| high / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| medium / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 18−20 | 18−20 |
| high / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| medium / 720p | 12−14 | 12−14 |
| GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Grand Theft Auto V. | ||
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 75−80 | 75−80 |
| high / 1080p | 27−30 | 27−30 |
| GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in Minecraft. | ||
| low / 720p | 8−9 | 8−9 |
| GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS. | ||
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 45−50 | 45−50 |
| medium / 768p | 14−16 | 14−16 |
| ultra / 1080p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| high / 768p | 12−14 | 12−14 |
| GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon HD 6550A have the same average FPS in World of Tanks. | ||
Full Specs
| GeForce 9800 GTX | Radeon HD 6550A | |
| Architecture | Tesla | TeraScale 2 |
| Code name | G92 | Pinewood |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 28 March 2008 | 7 February 2011 |
| Pipelines | 128 | 480 |
| Core clock speed | 1688 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Transistor count | 754 million | 627 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 43.2 billion/sec | 13.20 |
| Floating-point performance | 432.1 gflops | 624.0 gflops |
| Length | 10.5" (26.7 cm) | |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 70.4 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | |
| CUDA cores | 128 | |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| SLI options | + | |
| Multi monitor support | + | |
| HDMI | Via Adapter | |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | |