Quadro M4000 vs Radeon HD 6550A

In this comparison between Quadro M4000 and Radeon HD 6550A you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Quadro M4000 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 6550A will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon HD 6550A
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro M4000 has 242% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Quadro M4000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6550A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • Quadro M4000 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro M4000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6550A - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M4000 is 223 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Quadro M4000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6550A - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M4000 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 Quadro M4000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon HD 6550A
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GM204 Pinewood
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 29 June 2015 7 February 2011
Pipelines 1664 480
Core clock speed 773 MHz 550 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 627 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 80.39 13.20
Floating-point performance 2,573 gflops 624.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan + N/A
CUDA 5.2
SLI options +
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3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
Multi-display synchronization Quadro Sync
High-Performance Video I/O6 +
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