Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 vs Radeon HD 6550A

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 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.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 here:

Main Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Radeon HD 6550A
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0)
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 6550A has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6550A - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 404 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 3412 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 0−1
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 1−2
medium / 1080p 12−14 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Radeon HD 6550A
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
Code name Surface Book Pinewood
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 October 2015 7 February 2011
Pipelines 384 480
Core clock speed 954 MHz 550 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 627 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 13.20
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
Optimus +
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