Radeon HD 6550A vs Radeon R7 370

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6550A and Radeon R7 370, 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 R7 370, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 6550A

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Main Specs

	Radeon HD 6550A	Radeon R7 370
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	110 Watt
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Radeon R7 370 has 214% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6550A.
Radeon HD 6550A is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R7 370 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
Radeon R7 370 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6550A.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
Radeon HD 6550A is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon R7 370 - with GCN 1.0.
Radeon HD 6550A is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 370 - by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6550A is 625 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 370.

Game benchmarks


high / 1080p	0−1	21−24
ultra / 1080p	−	14−16
QHD / 1440p	0−1	8−9
4K / 2160p	−	5−6
low / 720p	1−2	40−45
medium / 1080p	0−1	27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 370 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 4100% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
high / 1080p	−	35−40
ultra / 1080p	−	30−35
QHD / 1440p	0−1	14−16
4K / 2160p	−	9−10
low / 720p	0−1	75−80
medium / 1080p	−	40−45
low / 768p	50−55	50−55
high / 1080p	45−50	−
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
Radeon HD 6550A and Radeon R7 370 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p	60−65	230−240
medium / 768p	27−30	210−220
ultra / 1080p	7−8	130−140
QHD / 1440p	−	100−110
4K / 2160p	−	55−60
high / 768p	16−18	170−180
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 370 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 578% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
low / 768p	70−75	60−65
ultra / 1080p	0−1	55−60
medium / 1080p	45−50	55−60
Radeon HD 6550A and Radeon R7 370 have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p	45−50	120−130
medium / 768p	10−11	110−120
ultra / 1080p	0−1	85−90
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 370 in Dota 2 is 313% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
high / 1080p	−	27−30
ultra / 1080p	−	24−27
QHD / 1440p	−	21−24
4K / 2160p	−	9−10
low / 720p	0−1	55−60
medium / 1080p	−	30−33
high / 1080p	−	35−40
ultra / 1080p	−	27−30
QHD / 1440p	−	16−18
low / 720p	21−24	130−140
medium / 1080p	0−1	80−85
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 370 in Fortnite is 513% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
high / 1080p	0−1	35−40
ultra / 1080p	−	27−30
QHD / 1440p	0−1	16−18
4K / 2160p	−	14−16
low / 720p	0−1	75−80
medium / 1080p	0−1	40−45
low / 768p	18−20	110−120
medium / 768p	−	100−105
high / 1080p	0−1	45−50
ultra / 1080p	−	18−20
QHD / 1440p	0−1	9−10
medium / 720p	12−14	−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 370 in Grand Theft Auto V is 505% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
high / 1080p	−	14−16
ultra / 1080p	−	12−14
QHD / 1440p	−	10−12
4K / 2160p	−	3−4
low / 720p	0−1	45−50
medium / 1080p	−	20−22
low / 768p	75−80	120−130
high / 1080p	27−30	−
medium / 1080p	−	110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 370 in Minecraft is 62% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
ultra / 1080p	−	14−16
low / 720p	8−9	75−80
medium / 1080p	−	18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 370 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 862% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
high / 1080p	−	16−18
ultra / 1080p	−	10−12
QHD / 1440p	−	3−4
4K / 2160p	−	2−3
low / 720p	0−1	40−45
medium / 1080p	−	21−24
low / 768p	0−1	80−85
medium / 768p	−	50−55
high / 1080p	−	27−30
ultra / 1080p	−	16−18
4K / 2160p	−	9−10
low / 768p	45−50	90−95
medium / 768p	14−16	60−65
ultra / 1080p	0−1	40−45
high / 768p	12−14	55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 370 in World of Tanks is 180% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

	Radeon HD 6550A	Radeon R7 370
Architecture	TeraScale 2	GCN 1.0
Code name	Pinewood	Trinidad (Pitcairn)
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	7 February 2011	5 May 2015
Pipelines	480	1024
Core clock speed	550 MHz
Boost Clock		975 MHz
Transistor count	627 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate	13.20	62.40
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops	1,997 gflops
Length		152 mm
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	975 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	179.2 GB/s
Shared memory		-
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	+
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight)		0.42 kh/s
FreeSync		+
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
HDMI		+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)		359 Mh/s
Eyefinity		+
TrueAudio		+
Mantle		+
Design		reference
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
DisplayPort support		+
CrossFire		+
VCE		+
DDMA audio		+
Decred / DCR (Decred)		0.52 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)		14 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash)		150 Sol/s
AppAcceleration		+
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Radeon HD 6550A vs Radeon R7 370

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