Radeon HD 6550A vs Radeon R7 M465

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6550A and Radeon R7 M465. 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 M465. 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 R7 M465 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 M465 is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 R7 M465 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6550A Radeon R7 M465
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 6550A is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R7 M465 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon HD 6550A and Radeon R7 M465 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Radeon HD 6550A is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 M465 - in Laptops.
  • Radeon HD 6550A is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Radeon R7 M465 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R7 M465 is 275 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.
  • Radeon HD 6550A is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 M465 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R7 M465 is 2400 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6550A.

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 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 M465 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than Radeon HD 6550A.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6550A Radeon R7 M465
Architecture TeraScale 2 GCN
Code name Pinewood Litho XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 7 February 2011 1 January 2017
Pipelines 480 384
Core clock speed 550 MHz 825 MHz
Boost Clock 960 MHz
Transistor count 627 million 1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 13.20 27.00
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops 864.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s 14.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.3
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Laptop size medium sized
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