HD Graphics 6000 vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between HD Graphics 6000 and Radeon RX 550 mobile, 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 HD Graphics 6000 stacks up against Radeon RX 550 mobile, check out specs charts below.

HD Graphics 6000 and Radeon RX 550 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: HD Graphics 6000 and Radeon RX 550 mobile are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 HD Graphics 6000 or Radeon RX 550 mobile here:

Main Specs

  HD Graphics 6000 Radeon RX 550 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type System Shared GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon RX 550 mobile has 233% more power consumption, than HD Graphics 6000.
  • HD Graphics 6000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x1, and Radeon RX 550 mobile uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • HD Graphics 6000 is build with Gen. 8 Broadwell architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 987 MHz higher, than HD Graphics 6000.
  • HD Graphics 6000 and Radeon RX 550 mobile are manufactured by 14 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 18−20
ultra / 1080p 0−1 10−12
QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 10−11 35−40
medium / 1080p 2−3 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 416% more, than HD Graphics 6000.

Full Specs

  HD Graphics 6000 Radeon RX 550 mobile
Architecture Gen. 8 Broadwell Polaris
Code name Broadwell GT3 Polaris 12
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 5 January 2015 21 March 2017
Pipelines 48 640
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1287 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz 1476 MHz
Transistor count 189 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 48.00 51.48
Floating-point performance 1,647 gflops
Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
Shared memory + -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.80 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Laptop size large
Quick Sync +
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