Radeon HD 6550A vs Radeon PRO WX 2100

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6550A and Radeon PRO WX 2100, 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 Radeon HD 6550A stacks up against Radeon PRO WX 2100, check out specs charts below.

Radeon PRO WX 2100 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon PRO WX 2100 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 Radeon PRO WX 2100 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6550A Radeon PRO WX 2100
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 35 Watt.
  • Radeon HD 6550A is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon PRO WX 2100 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon HD 6550A and Radeon PRO WX 2100 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Radeon HD 6550A is used in Desktops, and Radeon PRO WX 2100 - in Mobile workstations.
  • Radeon HD 6550A is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon PRO WX 2100 - with Polaris.
  • Radeon HD 6550A is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon PRO WX 2100 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon PRO WX 2100 is 4400 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 7−8
ultra / 1080p 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 18−20
medium / 1080p 0−1 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 2100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1800% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6550A Radeon PRO WX 2100
Architecture TeraScale 2 Polaris
Code name Pinewood Polaris 12
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Release date 7 February 2011 21 March 2018
Pipelines 480 512
Core clock speed 550 MHz
Boost Clock 1219 MHz
Transistor count 627 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 13.20 39.01
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops 1,248 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s 48 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Laptop size large
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