GeForce GTX 690 vs Radeon HD 6550A

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 690 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 690 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

  GeForce GTX 690 Radeon HD 6550A
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 2 GB
Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 690 has 757% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • GeForce GTX 690 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6550A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce GTX 690 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 690 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 690 is 365 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • GeForce GTX 690 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 690 is 4408 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 GeForce GTX 690 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 690 Radeon HD 6550A
Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Pinewood
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 3 May 2012 7 February 2011
Pipelines 1536 480
Core clock speed 915 MHz 550 MHz
Boost Clock 1019 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 627 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 234 billion/sec 13.20
Floating-point performance 2x 3,130 gflops 624.0 gflops
Length 11.0" (27.9 cm)
Memory bus width 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 384 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.2 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 3072
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDMI Yes (via dongle)
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
3D Blu-Ray +
3D Gaming +
3D Vision Live +
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