GeForce GTX 275 vs Radeon HD 6550A
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 275 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 GTX 275 stacks up against Radeon HD 6550A, check out specs charts below.
Radeon HD 6550A
Main Specs
GeForce GTX 275
Radeon HD 6550A
Power consumption (TDP)
219 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
896 MB
2 GB
Display Connectors
2x DVI
No outputs
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GeForce GTX 275 has 525% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6550A.
GeForce GTX 275 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6550A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
GeForce GTX 275 has 894 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6550A.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
GeForce GTX 275 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 275 is 854 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
GeForce GTX 275 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6550A is 466 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 275.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
6−7
0−1
ultra / 1080p
4−5
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
16−18
1−2
medium / 1080p
8−9
0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 275 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1600% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
high / 1080p
10−12
−
ultra / 1080p
10−11
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
24−27
0−1
medium / 1080p
12−14
−
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
high / 1080p
45−50
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6550A in Call of Duty: Warzone is 6% more, than GeForce GTX 275.
low / 768p
130−140
60−65
medium / 768p
100−110
27−30
ultra / 1080p
50−55
7−8
QHD / 1440p
27−30
−
4K / 2160p
27−30
−
high / 768p
75−80
16−18
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 275 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 228% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
low / 768p
55−60
70−75
ultra / 1080p
18−20
0−1
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6550A in Cyberpunk 2077 is 15% more, than GeForce GTX 275.
low / 768p
75−80
45−50
medium / 768p
55−60
10−11
ultra / 1080p
30−35
0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 275 in Dota 2 is 131% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
high / 1080p
8−9
−
ultra / 1080p
7−8
−
4K / 2160p
3−4
−
low / 720p
18−20
0−1
medium / 1080p
8−9
−
high / 1080p
14−16
−
ultra / 1080p
10−11
−
low / 720p
60−65
21−24
medium / 1080p
21−24
0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 275 in Fortnite is 181% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
high / 1080p
12−14
0−1
ultra / 1080p
10−12
−
QHD / 1440p
1−2
0−1
low / 720p
24−27
0−1
medium / 1080p
12−14
0−1
low / 768p
50−55
18−20
medium / 768p
45−50
−
high / 1080p
12−14
0−1
ultra / 1080p
6−7
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
medium / 720p
−
12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 275 in Grand Theft Auto V is 173% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
high / 1080p
4−5
−
ultra / 1080p
3−4
−
4K / 2160p
0−1
−
low / 720p
12−14
0−1
medium / 1080p
6−7
−
low / 768p
90−95
75−80
high / 1080p
85−90
27−30
ultra / 1080p
80−85
−
medium / 1080p
90−95
−
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 275 in Minecraft is 69% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
high / 1080p
16−18
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
−
low / 720p
30−35
8−9
medium / 1080p
18−20
−
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 275 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 300% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
ultra / 1080p
7−8
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
−
low / 720p
10−12
0−1
medium / 1080p
10−12
−
low / 768p
24−27
0−1
medium / 768p
16−18
−
high / 1080p
9−10
−
ultra / 1080p
6−7
−
low / 768p
85−90
45−50
medium / 768p
40−45
14−16
ultra / 1080p
18−20
0−1
high / 768p
35−40
12−14
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 275 in World of Tanks is 120% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
Full Specs
GeForce GTX 275
Radeon HD 6550A
Architecture
Tesla 2.0
TeraScale 2
Code name
GT200B
Pinewood
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
15 January 2009
7 February 2011
Pipelines
240
480
Core clock speed
1404 MHz
550 MHz
Transistor count
1,400 million
627 million
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
40 nm
Texture fill rate
50.6 billion/sec
13.20
Floating-point performance
673.9 gflops
624.0 gflops
Length
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width
448 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1134 MHz
1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth
127.0 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model
4.0
5.0
OpenGL
3.0
4.4
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
CUDA
+
CUDA cores
240
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options
+
Multi monitor support
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
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