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    Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Radeon HD 6550A

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book 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 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.
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    Radeon HD 6550A

    Maxwell GPU Surface Book is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 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 here:

    Maxwell GPU Surface Book Laptops

    Main Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book 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.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6550A - in Desktops.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
    • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 404 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
    • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 3412 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 8−9 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 −
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 20−22 1−2
    medium / 1080p 10−12 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2000% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

    Full Specs

      Maxwell GPU Surface Book 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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