AMD Radeon RX 6550M
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M is a graphics card released on January 4, 2023, built on the RDNA 2 architecture. It has 1,024 shading units, 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 64-bit bus, 144.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 2.56 GHz and a 80 W board power rating. It scores 9,677 in the PassMark G3D benchmark.
Depth: 31 recorded fields, 8 features, 5 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M scores 9,677 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 88.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #308), measured across 315 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 492.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon RX 6550M averages DirectX 9 136 fps, DirectX 10 59 fps, DirectX 11 77 fps, DirectX 12 43 fps and GPU Compute 3,183 ops/s, across 315 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
Theoretical throughput
AMD states a peak of FP32 (single precision) 5.8 TFLOPS, FP16 (half precision) 11.6 TFLOPS and Texture fill rate 182.1 GTexel/s for the AMD Radeon RX 6550M.
As stated by PassMark
Graphics processor
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M is based on the RDNA 2 architecture, uses the Navi 24 graphics processor, contains 5,400 million transistors and has a die size of 107 mm².
Shader configuration
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M has 1,024 shading units, 16 compute units and 16 ray tracing cores.
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics.
Clock speeds
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M runs at a base clock of 2.56 GHz and has a game clock of 2.56 GHz.
Memory
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory, uses a 64-bit memory bus and delivers 144.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M has a board power rating of 80 W.
Market
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M was released on January 4, 2023.
Benchmarks
Features
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M has 2 supported features recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.
Rendering
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Supported: Hardware ray tracingDedicated GPU hardware that speeds up ray-traced lighting, reflections and shadows in supported games and apps.Ray tracing units: 16
Not listed (2)
No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 6550M supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M supports Hardware ray tracing under Rendering.
Display features
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Supported: HDMI 4K outputThe vendor states the GPU can drive a 4K display over HDMI.
Not listed (7)
No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 6550M supports AMD FreeSync, Stereoscopic 3D, 10-bit color output, VR ready, 8K display output, HDR output and 12-bit color output. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M supports HDMI 4K output under Display features.
Media engine
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M provides hardware decode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265). It does not support hardware encode for HEVC (H.265) and decode for AV1.
| Codec | Encode | Decode |
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| H.264 (AVC)4K H.264: encode not supported, decode supported | Not stated by the vendor | Supported |
| HEVC (H.265) | Not supported | Supported |
| AV1 | Not stated by the vendor | Not supported |
supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor
Not listed: VP9. No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 6550M supports this codec; that is silence, not a statement that it is unsupported.
Naming and aliases
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as AMD Radeon(TM) RX 6550M.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon RX 6550M have?
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M has 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 64-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 144.0 GB/s.
How much power does the AMD Radeon RX 6550M use and what power supply does it need?
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M has a board power rating of 80 W.
How fast is the AMD Radeon RX 6550M?
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M scores 9,677 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 88.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #308. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 43 fps.
Does the AMD Radeon RX 6550M support ray tracing?
Yes. The AMD Radeon RX 6550M has hardware ray tracing with 16 ray tracing cores.
When was the AMD Radeon RX 6550M released?
The AMD Radeon RX 6550M was released on January 4, 2023.
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