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AMD Radeon 550: specs and benchmarks
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
- Core clock speed 1100 MHz
- Max video memory 2 GB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 7000 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Summary
AMD started Radeon 550 sales 20 April 2017 at a recommended price of $79. This is a GCN 4.0 architecture desktop card based on 14 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 2 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 7 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 56 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x8 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 145 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 50 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about Radeon 550: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance rating | 534 | |
Value for money | 4.46 | |
Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | |
GPU code name | Lexa | |
Market segment | Desktop | |
Release date | 20 April 2017 (5 years old) | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $79 | |
Current price | $140 (1.8x MSRP) | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Technical specs
Radeon 550's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon 550's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 512 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Core clock speed | 1100 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Boost clock speed | 1183 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
Number of transistors | 2,200 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
Thermal design power (TDP) | 50 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 37.86 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Dimensions and compatibility
Information on Radeon 550's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | |
Length | 145 mm | |
Width | 2-slot | |
Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon 550: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | GDDR5 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
Memory bandwidth | 56 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon 550. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | |
HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon 550, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 12 (12_0) | |
Shader Model | 6.4 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
OpenCL | 2.0 | |
Vulkan | 1.2.131 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon 550. Overall performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
- Passmark
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 24%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Radeon 550 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Radeon 550's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.
NVIDIA equivalent
According to our data, the closest equivalent to Radeon 550 by NVIDIA is GeForce GTX 460 v2, which is slower by 2% and lower by 6 positions in our rating.
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Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Radeon 550 according to our statistics.