GeForce GTX 295 vs Radeon HD 6550A

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 295 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 GeForce GTX 295 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.
GeForce GTX 295
Radeon HD 6550A

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 295 Radeon HD 6550A
Power consumption (TDP) 289 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI No outputs
 
  • GeForce GTX 295 has 725% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • GeForce GTX 295 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6550A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce GTX 295 has 1790 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 295 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 295 is 692 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • GeForce GTX 295 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6550A is 601 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 295.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 0−1
ultra / 1080p 2−3
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 1−2
medium / 1080p 5−6 0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 295 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 295 Radeon HD 6550A
Architecture Tesla 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GT200B Pinewood
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 8 January 2009 7 February 2011
Pipelines 240 480
Core clock speed 1242 MHz 550 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 627 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 92.2 billion/sec 13.20
Floating-point performance 2x 596.2 gflops 624.0 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 896 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 999 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 223.8 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.0
OpenGL 2.1 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 480
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
CUDA cores per GPU 240
Standard memory config per GPU 896 MB
Memory interface width per GPU 448 Bit
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit