Radeon RX 6500 XT and Radeon RX 6550S - video card comparison
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Radeon RX 6550S
Architecture
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Navi 24
Navi 24
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
January 2022
January 2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x4
PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
2815 MHz
2170 MHz
Core clock speed
2610 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
6 nm
Number of transistors
5,400 million
5,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
107 Watt
50 Watt (35 - 50 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate
180.2
153.6
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
18000 MHz
16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
143.9 GB/s
128.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
Portable Device Dependent
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL
2.2
2.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3