Mobility Radeon HD 5830 vs Radeon HD 6550A
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5830 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 Mobility Radeon HD 5830 stacks up against Radeon HD 6550A, check out specs charts below.
Radeon HD 6550A
Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is a Laptop Graphics Card
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5830 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 Mobility Radeon HD 5830 here:
Main Specs
| Mobility Radeon HD 5830 | Radeon HD 6550A | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 24 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-A (3.0) |
| Memory type | DDR3, GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
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- Radeon HD 6550A has 45% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
- Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6550A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
- Radeon HD 6550A has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
- Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6550A - in Desktops.
- Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
- Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6550A is 50 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
- Mobility Radeon HD 5830 and Radeon HD 6550A are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
- Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6550A is 800 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
Game benchmarks
| high / 1080p | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| ultra / 1080p | 2−3 | − |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 720p | 16−18 | 1−2 |
| medium / 1080p | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5830 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1600% more, than Radeon HD 6550A. | ||
| high / 1080p | 9−10 | − |
| ultra / 1080p | 8−9 | − |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| low / 720p | 21−24 | 0−1 |
| medium / 1080p | 10−11 | − |
| low / 768p | 50−55 | 50−55 |
| high / 1080p | 40−45 | 45−50 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6550A in Call of Duty: Warzone is 6% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830. | ||
| low / 768p | 140−150 | 60−65 |
| medium / 768p | 110−120 | 27−30 |
| ultra / 1080p | 50−55 | 7−8 |
| QHD / 1440p | 24−27 | − |
| 4K / 2160p | 18−20 | − |
| high / 768p | 80−85 | 16−18 |
| The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5830 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 250% more, than Radeon HD 6550A. | ||
| low / 768p | 65−70 | 70−75 |
| ultra / 1080p | 24−27 | 0−1 |
| medium / 1080p | 45−50 | 45−50 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6550A in Cyberpunk 2077 is 5% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830. | ||
| low / 768p | 85−90 | 45−50 |
| medium / 768p | 55−60 | 10−11 |
| ultra / 1080p | 30−33 | 0−1 |
| The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5830 in Dota 2 is 148% more, than Radeon HD 6550A. | ||
| high / 1080p | 5−6 | − |
| ultra / 1080p | 5−6 | − |
| 4K / 2160p | 2−3 | − |
| low / 720p | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| medium / 1080p | 6−7 | − |
| high / 1080p | 12−14 | − |
| ultra / 1080p | 8−9 | − |
| QHD / 1440p | 5−6 | − |
| low / 720p | 60−65 | 21−24 |
| medium / 1080p | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5830 in Fortnite is 181% more, than Radeon HD 6550A. | ||
| high / 1080p | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| ultra / 1080p | 8−9 | − |
| QHD / 1440p | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| 4K / 2160p | 3−4 | − |
| low / 720p | 24−27 | 0−1 |
| medium / 1080p | 12−14 | 0−1 |
| low / 768p | 50−55 | 18−20 |
| high / 1080p | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| ultra / 1080p | 4−5 | − |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| medium / 720p | 45−50 | 12−14 |
| The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5830 in Grand Theft Auto V is 212% more, than Radeon HD 6550A. | ||
| high / 1080p | 3−4 | − |
| ultra / 1080p | 1−2 | − |
| 4K / 2160p | 0−1 | − |
| low / 720p | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| medium / 1080p | 5−6 | − |
| low / 768p | 95−100 | 75−80 |
| high / 1080p | 90−95 | 27−30 |
| ultra / 1080p | 75−80 | − |
| medium / 1080p | 90−95 | − |
| The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5830 in Minecraft is 79% more, than Radeon HD 6550A. | ||
| high / 1080p | 16−18 | − |
| ultra / 1080p | 12−14 | − |
| low / 720p | 30−35 | 8−9 |
| medium / 1080p | 16−18 | − |
| The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5830 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 300% more, than Radeon HD 6550A. | ||
| ultra / 1080p | 7−8 | − |
| low / 720p | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| medium / 1080p | 9−10 | − |
| low / 768p | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| medium / 768p | 12−14 | − |
| high / 1080p | 7−8 | − |
| ultra / 1080p | 5−6 | − |
| 4K / 2160p | 2−3 | − |
| low / 768p | 80−85 | 45−50 |
| medium / 768p | 40−45 | 14−16 |
| ultra / 1080p | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| high / 768p | 35−40 | 12−14 |
| The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5830 in World of Tanks is 116% more, than Radeon HD 6550A. | ||
Full Specs
| Mobility Radeon HD 5830 | Radeon HD 6550A | |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 | TeraScale 2 |
| Code name | Broadway | Pinewood |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 | 7 February 2011 |
| Pipelines | 800 | 480 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Transistor count | 1,040 million | 627 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 20.00 | 13.20 |
| Floating-point performance | 800.0 gflops | 624.0 gflops |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | |
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| Laptop size | large | |
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