Radeon HD 6550A vs Radeon R5 430 OEM

In this comparison between Radeon HD 6550A and Radeon R5 430 OEM 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 6550A will be the best choice, for others Radeon R5 430 OEM will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.
Radeon HD 6550A
Radeon R5 430 OEM

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6550A Radeon R5 430 OEM
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 50 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 DVI, 1x DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon R5 430 OEM has 42% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Radeon HD 6550A is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R5 430 OEM uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon HD 6550A and Radeon R5 430 OEM have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6550A is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R5 430 OEM is 180 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Radeon HD 6550A is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R5 430 OEM is 3000 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 1−2
ultra / 1080p 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 12−14
medium / 1080p 0−1 3−4
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 430 OEM in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1200% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6550A Radeon R5 430 OEM
Architecture TeraScale 2 GCN 1.0
Code name Pinewood Oland
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 7 February 2011 30 June 2016
Pipelines 480 384
Core clock speed 550 MHz 730 MHz
Boost Clock 780 MHz
Transistor count 627 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 13.20 18.72
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops 599.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 4600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s 36.8 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131