Quadro P500 vs Radeon HD 6550A

In this comparison between Quadro P500 and Radeon HD 6550A you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Quadro P500 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 6550A will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Quadro P500 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro P500 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 Quadro P500 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro P500 Radeon HD 6550A
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 6550A has 16% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • Quadro P500 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6550A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • Quadro P500 and Radeon HD 6550A have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro P500 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 6550A - in Desktops.
  • Quadro P500 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 905 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Quadro P500 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 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 18−20 1−2
medium / 1080p 10−11 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1800% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  Quadro P500 Radeon HD 6550A
Architecture Pascal TeraScale 2
Code name GP108 Pinewood
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 14 November 2017 7 February 2011
Pipelines 256 480
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 550 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million 627 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 21.25 13.20
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 624.0 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12.1 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.0.1 N/A
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large
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