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    Radeon HD 6950M vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6950M and Radeon RX 550 mobile, 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 6950M stacks up against Radeon RX 550 mobile, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 6950M and Radeon RX 550 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 6950M and Radeon RX 550 mobile are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 HD 6950M or Radeon RX 550 mobile here:

    Radeon HD 6950M Laptops
    Radeon RX 550 mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 6950M Radeon RX 550 mobile
    Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 50 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 50 Watt.
    • Radeon HD 6950M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon RX 550 mobile uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
    • Radeon RX 550 mobile has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6950M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 6950M is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 707 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.
    • Radeon HD 6950M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 5100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 8−9 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 5−6 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 20−22 35−40
    medium / 1080p 10−12 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 109% more, than Radeon HD 6950M.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 6950M Radeon RX 550 mobile
    Architecture Terascale 2 Polaris
    Code name Blackcomb Pro Polaris 12
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 6 January 2011 21 March 2017
    Pipelines 960 640
    Core clock speed 580 MHz 1287 MHz
    Boost Clock 1476 MHz
    Transistor count 1,700 million 2,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 27.84 51.48
    Floating-point performance 1,113.6 gflops 1,647 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 900 MHz 6000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 96 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 large
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