AMD Radeon HD 6550M

The AMD Radeon HD 6550M (or ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6550) is a renamed version of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650. As the 5650, the HD6550M supports DirectX 11, Shader Model 5.0, OpenGL 4.1, OpenCL 1.1, and Directcompute 11. The integrated video processor is still an UVD 2.2 for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2 video decoding.

The gaming performance should be somewhere between a HD 5650 and a HD 5730 depending on the used graphics memory. Therfore, demanding games like Risen or Battlefield Bad Company 2 can be played in medium to high details fluently. Less demanding games like Fifa 11 should run fluently in Full HD resolution and maximum detail settings.

The power consumption is between 15-30 Watt for the chip (according to AMD). This fits perfectly the HD 5650 (15-19 Watt) and 5730 (26 Watt) and is therefore best suited for 15" laptops.

Manufacturer

AMD

Radeon HD 6500M Series

Radeon HD 6570M (compare)	400 @ 650 MHz	128 Bit @ 900 MHz
Radeon HD 6550M	400 @ 600 MHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Radeon HD 6530M (compare)	400 @ 500 MHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz

Codename

Capilano-PRO

Architecture

Terascale 2

Pipelines

400 - unified

Core Speed

600 MHz

Memory Speed

800 MHz

Memory Bus Width

128 Bit

Memory Type

DDR3

Max. Amount of Memory

1024 MB

Shared Memory

DirectX

DirectX 11, Shader 5.0

technology

40 nm

Notebook Size

medium sized

Date of Announcement

26.11.2010

Link to Manufacturer Page

http://www.amd.com/us/products/notebook/...

Benchmarks

3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720

min: 1100 avg: 1102.3 median: 1100 (4%) max: 1107 points

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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720

min: 990 avg: 993 median: 993 (2%) max: 996 points

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

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AMD Radeon HD 7650M -5%

AMD Radeon HD 7620G -5%

AMD Radeon HD 6550D -4%

AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) -2%

AMD Radeon HD 6480G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics -2%

Intel HD Graphics 5500 -1%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M -1%

AMD Radeon HD 6540G2 0%

NVIDIA NVS 5200M 0%

AMD Radeon HD 6550M

Intel HD Graphics 5000 0%

Intel HD Graphics 515 2%

AMD Radeon HD 6520G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics 2%

AMD Radeon HD 6510G2 2%

ATI Radeon HD 5570 3%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M 5%

AMD Radeon HD 7660G 6%

AMD Radeon HD 6680G2 7%

AMD Radeon HD 6570M 7%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Desktop) 4199%

100%

3DMark Vantage
P Result 1280x1024 +

P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +

3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768

min: 28410 avg: 31250.5 median: 31250.5 (32%) max: 34091 Points

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3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768

min: 21833 avg: 22001.2 median: 21972.5 (12%) max: 22227 Points

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3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768

min: 13983 avg: 14083.7 median: 14043 (30%) max: 14225 Points

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3DMark 06 +

Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024

11.1 fps (5%)

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SPECviewperf 11
Siemens NX 1920x1080 +

Tcvis 1920x1080 +

SolidWorks 1920x1080 +

Pro/ENGINEER 1920x1080 +

Maya 1920x1080 +

Lightwave 1920x1080 +

Ensight 1920x1080 +

Catia 1920x1080 +

Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics

6.7 points (85%)

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Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics

6.7 points (85%)

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Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +

Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit +

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Call of Duty: Black Ops

2010

76.3 fps + Compare

57.8 fps + Compare

42.7 fps + Compare

22.9 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

Fifa 11

2010

258.5 277 ^fps ~ 268 fps + Compare

147.6 151 ^fps ~ 149 fps + Compare

84.4 89 ^fps ~ 87 fps + Compare

47.2 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.

Mafia 2

2010

61.5 fps + Compare

40.9 ^fps 42.4 ~ 42 fps + Compare

32.5 ^fps 32.8 ~ 33 fps + Compare

20 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..

StarCraft 2

2010

184.8 fps + Compare

42.3 45.6 ~ 44 fps + Compare

26.1 29.4 ~ 28 fps + Compare

15.8 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..

Metro 2033

2010

56.8 fps + Compare

26.1 fps + Compare

13.9 fps + Compare

4.6 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

2010

63.8 ^fps fps + Compare

47.9 ^fps 48.8 ^fps ~ 48 fps + Compare

32.8 ^fps 33.5 ^fps ~ 33 fps + Compare

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 3820TG-482G50nks	480M	2048 MB	600 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3, dodatkowo Intel HD Graphics 8.741.1.6000	1100
Acer Aspire 3820TG-484G75Nks	480M	4096 MB	600 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3 8.741.1.6000	1100
Acer Aspire 4820TG-644G16Mnks	640M	4096 MB	600 / 800 MHz	1024MB 8.741.1.6000	1107

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 4820TG-644G16Mnks	640M	4096 MB	600 / 800 MHz	1024MB 8.741.1.6000	990
Acer Aspire 3820TG-484G75Nks	480M	4096 MB	600 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3 8.741.1.6000	993
Acer Aspire 3820TG-482G50nks	480M	2048 MB	600 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3, dodatkowo Intel HD Graphics 8.741.1.6000	996

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 4820TG-644G16Mnks	640M	4096 MB	600 / 800 MHz	1024MB 8.741.1.6000	3700
Acer Aspire 3820TG-484G75Nks	480M	4096 MB	600 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3 8.741.1.6000	3762

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 4820TG-644G16Mnks	640M	4096 MB	600 / 800 MHz	1024MB 8.741.1.6000	3088
Acer Aspire 3820TG-484G75Nks	480M	4096 MB	600 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3 8.741.1.6000	3217

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 3820TG-482G50nks	480M	2048 MB	600 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3, dodatkowo Intel HD Graphics 8.741.1.6000	28410
Acer Aspire 4820TG-644G16Mnks	640M	4096 MB	600 / 800 MHz	1024MB 8.741.1.6000	34091