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	400 @ 0.65 GHz	128 Bit @ 900 MHz
Radeon HD 6550M	400 @ 0.6 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Radeon HD 6530M	400 @ 0.5 GHz	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 - 3DM11 Performance Score

min: 1100 avg: 1102 median: 1100 (3%) max: 1107 Points

+ 3 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU

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

+ 3 benchmarks and specifications - Hide comparison chart

AMD Radeon HD 6250 -83%

...

NVIDIA Quadro 1000M -5%

AMD Radeon HD 7650M -5%

AMD Radeon HD 7620G -5%

AMD Radeon HD 6550D -4%

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

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

Intel HD Graphics 515 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%

AMD Radeon HD 7560D 8%

...

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 5811%

100%

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +

3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard

min: 28410 avg: 31251 median: 31250.5 (32%) max: 34091 Points

+ 2 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard

min: 21833 avg: 22001 median: 21972.5 (11%) max: 22227 Points

+ 4 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard

min: 13983 avg: 14084 median: 14043 (20%) max: 14225 Points

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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings +

3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +

3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x768 +

Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high

11.1 fps (2%)

+ 1 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +

specvp11 lightwave-01 +

specvp11 ensight-04 +

specvp11 catia-03 +

Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics

6.7 Points (85%)

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Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics

6.7 Points (85%)

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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +

Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +

- 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 detailed 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

14.7 fps + Compare

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

CoD Modern Warfare 2

2009

125.8 fps + Compare

45.9 fps + Compare

37.6 fps + Compare

23.4 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

Risen

2009

69.1 ^fps 72.2 ~ 71 fps + Compare

34.7 35.7 ^fps 35.9 ~ 35 fps + Compare

24.6 ^fps 26 29 ~ 27 fps + Compare

16.8 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.

Resident Evil 5

2009

98.7 fps + Compare

48.1 fps + Compare

27 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

Need for Speed Shift

2009

69.3 fps + Compare

36.9 47.7 ~ 42 fps + Compare

29.2 31.5 ~ 30 fps + Compare

19.7 fps + Compare

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

Colin McRae: DIRT 2

2009

51.9 91.1 ~ 72 fps + Compare

34.5 59.9 ~ 47 fps + Compare

24.3 29.2 ~ 27 fps + Compare

15.7 fps + Compare

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 3820TG-482G50nks	480M	2048 MB	600 / MHz	1024MB	1100
Acer Aspire 3820TG-484G75Nks	480M	4096 MB	600 / MHz	1024MB	1100
Acer Aspire 4820TG-644G16Mnks	640M	4096 MB	600 / MHz	1024MB	1107

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 4820TG-644G16Mnks	640M	4096 MB	600 / MHz	1024MB	990
Acer Aspire 3820TG-484G75Nks	480M	4096 MB	600 / MHz	1024MB	993
Acer Aspire 3820TG-482G50nks	480M	2048 MB	600 / MHz	1024MB	996

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

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

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Acer Aspire 3820TG-482G50nks	480M	2048 MB	600 / MHz	1024MB	28410
Acer Aspire 4820TG-644G16Mnks	640M	4096 MB	600 / MHz	1024MB	34091