AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU
AMD Radeon RX 6550M ► remove from comparison
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M is a mobile entry-level graphics card based on the Navi 24 chip (RDNA 2 architecture) manufactured in the modern 6nm process. It features 1024 cores (16 CUs - compute units) and 4 GB of fast GDDR6 graphics memory connected with a 64 Bit memory bus. The chip also includes 16 MB Infinity Cache. The game clock speed is specified at 2560 MHz. Compared to the RX 6500M, the 6550M offers an increased core clock (+17%) but the memory bus i cut in half (64 versus 128 Bit).
The performance should be slightly higher than an average RX 6500M , as long as the memory bandwidth reduction wont has a too big impact.
The Navi 24 chip is manufactured at TSMC in the modern 6nm process and should offer a good energy efficiency. The RX6550M is specified at a TDP of 50 - 80 Watt and therefore best suited for normal multimedia laptops.
Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU ► remove from comparison
The Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU is a self-designed graphics card in the Apple M3 Pro (with 11 CPU cores) and offers fourteen of the eighteen cores available on the chip. The graphics card uses a new architecture and now offers dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing acceleration.
The GPU can access up to 24 GB LPDDR5-6400 unified memory via a 192-bit memory bus (max 150 GBit/s). Thanks to dynamic caching, the GPU only reserves as much memory as is required.
The entire chip is manufactured in the current 3nm process (probably N3B) at TSMC.
AMD Radeon RX 6550M Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU Apple M3 Series Architecture RDNA 2 Pipelines 1024 - unified 14 - unified Core Speed 2000 - 2560 (Boost) MHz Theoretical Performance 11.6 TFLOPS FP16, 5.8 TFLOPS FP32 Cache L2: 1 MB, L3: 16 MB Memory Speed 18000 MHz Memory Bus Width 64 Bit Memory Type GDDR6 LPDDR5-6400 Max. Amount of Memory 4 GB Shared Memory no no API DirectX 12_2, Shader 6.7, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 2.2, Vulkan 1.3 Power Consumption 80 Watt (50 - 80 Watt TGP) Transistors 5.4 Billion Die Size 107 mm² technology 6 nm 5 nm Features Radeon Media Engine (H.264, H.265, AV1 en- and decode) Notebook Size medium sized medium sized Date of Announcement 05.01.2023 31.10.2023 Link to Manufacturer Page www.amd.com
CPU in M3 Pro 14-Core GPU GPU Base Speed GPU Boost / Turbo Apple M3 Pro 11-Core 11 x 2748 MHz, 27 W ? MHz ? MHz
Benchmarks 3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
4955 Points (14%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
4546 Points (12%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
12994 Points (23%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
14696 Points (17%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
12094 Points (14%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
19932 Points (28%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
20506 Points (18%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom METAL *
73 Seconds (8%)
Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon RX 6550M Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
134.8 fps (8%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU
129.9 fps (8%)
GPU TDP 24 W TDP 60 W 96% 100%
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + AMD Radeon RX 6550M Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
97.9 % (98%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU
99.5 % (100%)
GPU TDP 24 W TDP 60 W 100% 98%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
79 fps (32%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
178.7 fps (32%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
481.9 fps (36%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
376.3 fps (42%)
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
565 fps (12%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
818 fps (48%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
1299 fps (10%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
104.6 fps (1%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official High Offscreen 2160
3.6 fps (1%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
30568 Points (9%)
42798 Points (12%)
GPU TDP 24 W TDP 60 W 100% 71%
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Vulkan
29898 Points (10%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Metal
68043 Points (44%)
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
114.5 Watt (16%)
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
117.7 Watt (16%)
32.8 Watt (5%)
GPU TDP 24 W TDP 60 W 114% 100%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
115.8 Watt (25%)
42.8 Watt (9%)
GPU TDP 24 W TDP 60 W 122% 100%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
0.9 fps per Watt (90%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 1.189 avg: 1.2 median: 1.2 (99%) max: 1.207 fps per Watt
Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise + AMD Radeon RX 6550M Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
52 dB(A) (83%)
Witcher 3 Fan Noise + Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU
25.1 dB(A) (40%)
GPU TDP 24 W TDP 60 W 48% 100%
Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon RX 6550M → 100% n=3 Average Benchmarks Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU → 113% n=3
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
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.
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
193 fps
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
125 fps
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
67 fps
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
53 fps
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
35 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
62.8 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
45.9 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
34.7 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
28.6 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
17.3 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
61.6 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
52.9 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
44.7 fps
94%
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
42 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
43 fps
91%
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
39 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
29 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
132.5 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
120.8 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
87.5 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
19.3 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
11.3 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
124.1 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
95.5 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
59.7 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
30.3 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
27.2 fps
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
75 fps
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
49.5 fps
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
35.9 fps
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
22.5 fps
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
66 fps
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
60 fps
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
53 fps
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
34 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
319 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
122.5 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
101.1 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
88.4 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
115 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
91 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
84 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
79 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
53.7 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
41.2 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
33 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
129.3 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
67.4 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
47.8 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
31.2 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
137.1 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
127.3 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
112.3 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
103 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
277.2 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
171.5 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
83.2 fps
100%
Radeon RX 6550M:
49.4 fps
79%
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
39 fps
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
79 fps
M3 Pro 14-Core GPU:
50 fps
Average Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6550M → 100% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU → 88% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 88%
Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU low med. high ultra QHD 4K Total War Pharaoh 193 125 67 53 35 Baldur's Gate 3 42 39 Total War: Three Kingdoms 75 49.5 35.9 22.5 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 66 60 53 34 The Witcher 3 39 GTA V 79 50 < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 1 2 1 2 3 6 1 2
AMD Radeon RX 6550M low med. high ultra QHD 4K Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Phantom Liberty 62.8 45.9 34.7 28.6 17.3 Baldur's Gate 3 61.6 52.9 44.7 43 29 F1 22 132.5 120.8 87.5 19.3 11.3 Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 124.1 95.5 59.7 30.3 27.2 Strange Brigade 319 122.5 101.1 88.4 Far Cry 5 115 91 84 79 X-Plane 11.11 53.7 41.2 33 Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 129.3 67.4 47.8 31.2 Dota 2 Reborn 137.1 127.3 112.3 103 The Witcher 3 277.2 171.5 83.2 49.4 < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 1 3 6 3 3 4 5 5 2 3 3 4 1
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