FirePro W5000 vs Radeon HD 6550A

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W5000 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 FirePro W5000 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.

Main Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon HD 6550A
Power consumption (TDP) 75 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 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro W5000 has 114% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • FirePro W5000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6550A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • FirePro W5000 and Radeon HD 6550A have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W5000 is 275 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • FirePro W5000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5000 is 1600 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 0−1
ultra / 1080p 9−10
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 1−2
medium / 1080p 18−20 0−1
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3100% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5000 Radeon HD 6550A
Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Pitcairn Pinewood
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 7 August 2012 7 February 2011
Pipelines 768 480
Core clock speed 825 MHz 550 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 627 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 39.60 13.20
Floating-point performance 1,267 gflops 624.0 gflops
Length 183 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 154 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
DisplayPort count 2
Dual-link DVI support +
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