Radeon HD 6550A vs Radeon R7 250

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6550A and Radeon R7 250. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Radeon HD 6550A and Radeon R7 250. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon HD 6550A

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Main Specs

	Radeon HD 6550A	Radeon R7 250
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	75 Watt
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors		N/A
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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Radeon R7 250 has 114% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6550A.
Radeon HD 6550A is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R7 250 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
Radeon HD 6550A and Radeon R7 250 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
Both cards are used in Desktops.
Radeon HD 6550A is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon R7 250 - with GCN.
Radeon HD 6550A is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 250 - by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6550A is 450 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250.

Game benchmarks


high / 1080p	0−1	3−4
ultra / 1080p	−	1−2
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
low / 720p	1−2	14−16
medium / 1080p	0−1	5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 250 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
high / 1080p	−	6−7
ultra / 1080p	−	4−5
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
low / 720p	0−1	18−20
medium / 1080p	−	7−8
low / 768p	50−55	50−55
high / 1080p	45−50	40−45
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6550A in Call of Duty: Warzone is 6% more, than Radeon R7 250.
low / 768p	60−65	120−130
medium / 768p	27−30	90−95
ultra / 1080p	7−8	45−50
QHD / 1440p	−	24−27
high / 768p	16−18	65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 250 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 196% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
low / 768p	70−75	60−65
ultra / 1080p	0−1	21−24
medium / 1080p	45−50	40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6550A in Cyberpunk 2077 is 15% more, than Radeon R7 250.
low / 768p	45−50	80−85
medium / 768p	10−11	55−60
ultra / 1080p	0−1	27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 250 in Dota 2 is 141% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
high / 1080p	−	4−5
ultra / 1080p	−	4−5
4K / 2160p	−	2−3
low / 720p	0−1	14−16
medium / 1080p	−	5−6
high / 1080p	−	10−12
ultra / 1080p	−	7−8
QHD / 1440p	−	1−2
low / 720p	21−24	50−55
medium / 1080p	0−1	16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 250 in Fortnite is 136% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
high / 1080p	0−1	8−9
ultra / 1080p	−	7−8
QHD / 1440p	0−1	3−4
4K / 2160p	−	3−4
low / 720p	0−1	21−24
medium / 1080p	0−1	10−11
low / 768p	18−20	45−50
medium / 768p	−	35−40
high / 1080p	0−1	8−9
ultra / 1080p	−	4−5
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
medium / 720p	12−14	−
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 250 in Grand Theft Auto V is 147% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
high / 1080p	−	2−3
ultra / 1080p	−	1−2
4K / 2160p	−	0−1
low / 720p	0−1	9−10
medium / 1080p	−	4−5
low / 768p	75−80	90−95
high / 1080p	27−30	85−90
ultra / 1080p	−	80−85
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 250 in Minecraft is 69% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
ultra / 1080p	−	12−14
low / 720p	8−9	27−30
medium / 1080p	−	14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 250 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 250% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.
high / 1080p	−	5−6
ultra / 1080p	−	3−4
QHD / 1440p	−	0−1
low / 720p	0−1	7−8
medium / 1080p	−	7−8
low / 768p	0−1	18−20
medium / 768p	−	12−14
high / 1080p	−	6−7
ultra / 1080p	−	4−5
4K / 2160p	−	0−1
low / 768p	45−50	70−75
medium / 768p	14−16	35−40
ultra / 1080p	0−1	16−18
high / 768p	12−14	30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 250 in World of Tanks is 88% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

	Radeon HD 6550A	Radeon R7 250
Architecture	TeraScale 2	GCN
Code name	Pinewood	Oland XT
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	7 February 2011	1 October 2013
Pipelines	480	384
Core clock speed	550 MHz
Boost Clock		1050 MHz
Transistor count	627 million	950 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate	13.20	25.20
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops	716.8 gflops
Length		168 mm
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	72 GB/s
Shared memory		-
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A
FreeSync		+
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
HDMI		+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)		117 Mh/s
Design		reference
CrossFire		+
DDMA audio		+
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)		3 Mh/s
AppAcceleration		+
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Radeon HD 6550A vs Radeon R7 250

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