FirePro W9000 vs Radeon HD 6550A

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W9000 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 W9000 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 W9000 Radeon HD 6550A
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI No outputs
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  • FirePro W9000 has 900% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • FirePro W9000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6550A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • FirePro W9000 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W9000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 425 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • FirePro W9000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 3900 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 0−1
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 1−2
medium / 1080p 40−45 0−1
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W9000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  FirePro W9000 Radeon HD 6550A
Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Tahiti Pinewood
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 14 June 2012 7 February 2011
Pipelines 2048 480
Core clock speed 975 MHz 550 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 627 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 124.8 13.20
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops 624.0 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 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) 460 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
Dual-link DVI support +
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