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    Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU vs Radeon HD 6550A

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU and Radeon HD 6550A, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU stacks up against Radeon HD 6550A, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 6550A

    Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU 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 Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU here:

    Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU Laptops

    Main Specs

      Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU Radeon HD 6550A
    Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
    Interface MXM-A (3.0)
    Memory type DDR4 GDDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6550A - in Desktops.
    • Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU is build with Gen. 11 Ice Lake architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6550A is 250 MHz higher, than Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU.
    • Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU is manufactured by 10 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 −
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 21−24 1−2
    medium / 1080p 10−12 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

    Full Specs

      Iris Plus Graphics G4 Ice Lake 48 EU Radeon HD 6550A
    Architecture Gen. 11 Ice Lake TeraScale 2
    Code name Ice Lake G4 Gen. 11 Pinewood
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 28 May 2019 7 February 2011
    Pipelines 48 480
    Core clock speed 300 MHz 550 MHz
    Boost Clock 1100 MHz
    Transistor count 627 million
    Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 13.20
    Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
    Shared memory +
    DirectX DirectX 12_1 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.0
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan N/A
    Quick Sync +
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