AMD Radeon RX 6550M — Benchmarks & Specs
Bottom line: how fast is the Radeon RX 6550M?
At 1440p Ultra, the Radeon RX 6550M averages 27 fps in Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, per Notebookcheck. For local LLM inference it generates 33.0 tokens/sec running qwen3:30b under lmstudio, per LocalLLaMA. In Geekbench 6 GPU OpenCL it scores 30,568 points, per Notebookcheck.
Every figure above is a row in the tables below, and each row links out to the review or public benchmark database the number was taken from. SpecPicks aggregates published measurements; it does not report first-party benchmark runs.
The Radeon RX 6550M is a graphics card from the RDNA 2 family from AMD. Data on this page draws on 14 synthetic benchmark results (top 10 shown), 1 community AI inference report, 40 game frame-rate results (top 15 shown), compiled from Notebookcheck, technical.city, LocalLLaMA, 3DMark, PassMark; each table row links to its source. Read this page when shopping the Radeon RX 6550M, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, synthetic benchmark scores, or local LLM inference).
Gaming Performance (reported FPS)
Average and 1% low frame rates by game, resolution, and quality preset. Bars are scaled against the fastest result on this page.
| Game | Resolution | Settings | Relative | Avg FPS | 1% low | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortnite | 1080p | Medium | 115 fps | — | technical.city 2026-08-22 | |
| Dota 2 Reborn | 1080p | Ultra | 103 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2023-01-05 | |
| Battlefield V | 1080p | Medium | 93 fps | — | technical.city 2026-08-22 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1080p | Medium | 91 fps | — | technical.city 2026-08-22 | |
| Strange Brigade | 1080p | Ultra | 88 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2023-01-05 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 1080p | High | 88 fps | — | technical.city 2026-08-22 | |
| F1 22 | 1080p | High | 88 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2023-01-05 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1080p | High | 84 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2023-12-16 | |
| The Witcher 3 | 1080p | High | 83 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2023-12-16 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1080p | High | 83 fps | — | technical.city 2026-08-22 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1080p | Ultra | 79 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2023-01-05 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1080p | Ultra | 79 fps | — | technical.city 2026-08-22 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 (2.0 Phantom Liberty) | 1080p | Low | 63 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2023-12-16 | |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 1080p | High | 60 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2023-12-16 | |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 1440p | Ultra | 27 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2023-12-16 |
AI Inference Performance
Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.
| Model | Quantization | Relative | Tokens/sec | VRAM used | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3:30b | — lmstudio | 33.0 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-02-05 |
Synthetic Benchmarks
Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.
| Benchmark | Relative | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geekbench 6 GPU OpenCL | 30,568 points | Notebookcheck 2023-12-16 | |
| Geekbench 6 GPU Vulkan | 29,898 points | Notebookcheck 2023-12-16 | |
| 3DMark 11 Performance GPU | 20,506 points | Notebookcheck 2023-12-16 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics | 14,696 points | Notebookcheck 2023-12-16 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Standard | 12,994 points | Notebookcheck 2023-12-16 | |
| PassMark G3D Mark | 9,672 points | PassMark Software 2023-10-25 | |
| PassMark G3D Mark | 9,628 pts | PassMark 2026-04-20 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 4,955 points | Notebookcheck 2023-01-05 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 4,725 points | 3DMark 2024-01-01 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy Graphics | 4,546 points | Notebookcheck 2023-12-16 |
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