Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

In this comparison between Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon RX 550 mobile 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 Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire will be the best choice, for others Radeon RX 550 mobile will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon RX 550 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire 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 6970M Crossfire or Radeon RX 550 mobile here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon RX 550 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2x2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon RX 550 mobile has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 607 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
  • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire 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 6970M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 18−20
ultra / 1080p 12−14 10−12
QHD / 1440p 7−8 5−6
4K / 2160p 5−6 4−5
low / 720p 40−45 35−40
medium / 1080p 24−27 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 11% more, than Radeon RX 550 mobile.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Radeon RX 550 mobile
Architecture Terascale 2 Polaris
Code name Blackcomb XT Polaris 12
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 6 January 2011 21 March 2017
Pipelines 1920 640
Core clock speed 680 MHz 1287 MHz
Boost Clock 1476 MHz
Transistor count 2x1700 Million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 51.48
Floating-point performance 1,647 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Laptop size large large
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