Radeon HD 6550D IGP vs Radeon R7 250
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6550D IGP |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 250 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R7 250
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6550D IGP | | Radeon R7 250 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | BeaverCreek () | vs | Oland (Oland XT) |
| Fab Process | 32 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | vs | 90 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,450 million | vs | 1,040 million |
| Shaders | 400 | vs | 384 |
| Compute Units | 5 | vs | 6 |
| Core clock | 600 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 20 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6550D IGP | | Radeon R7 250 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 1150 MHz
4600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6550D IGP | | Radeon R7 250 | |
|---|
| TDP | 65 watts | vs | 65 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Jun 2011 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon HD 6550D IGP
4.80 GP/s
Radeon R7 250
8.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6550D IGP
12.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 250
24.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6550D IGP
0.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 250
73.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6550D IGP
480.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 250
768.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better