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Radeon RX 550
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VRAM
4 GB
CUDA
512
FP32
1.211 TF
Bandwidth
112 GB/s
TDP
50W
Boost
1183 MHz
Strengths at a Glance
How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
FP32 compute1.211 TFLOPS1%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s6%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity4 GB13%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units5122%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency8/10014%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
3DMark Time Spy2,160pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)900pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)260spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute12,000pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts
Performance breakdown
Gaming6
Ray tracing5
AI / Compute5
Creator / 3D5
Power efficiency8
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 5 fps
1080p
7
1440p
5
4K
3
Call of Duty: MW IIIavg 7 fps
1080p
10
1440p
7
4K
5
Alan Wake 2avg 4 fps
1080p
6
1440p
4
4K
3
Forza Horizon 5avg 8 fps
1080p
10
1440p
8
4K
5
Baldur's Gate 3avg 6 fps
1080p
8
1440p
6
4K
4
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
Owners like it for basic gaming and video playback without breaking the bank. The usual gripe is it struggles with modern games, even at low settings.
Pros
- Plays older games without breaking a sweat
- Sips power, ideal for basic office PCs
- Handles video playback smoothly and silently
- Fits easily into small, low-cost builds
Cons
- Too slow for modern games
- No driver support updates
- Only 4GB video memory
Supported technologies
AV1 Encode
Full specifications
Graphics processor
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 512
- TMUs
- 32
- ROPs
- 16
- L2 cache
- 512 MB
Memory
- Size
- 4 GB
- Type
- GDDR5
- Bus width
- 128-bit
- Bandwidth
- 112 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 1750 MHz
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 1100 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1183 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 1.211 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 1.211 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 19 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 37.86 GTexel/s
Board & power
- TDP
- 50W
- Suggested PSU
- 100W
- Power connectors
- None
- Bus interface
- PCIe 3.0 x8
- Length
- 145 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 (12_0)
- Shader Model
- 6.4
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 2.0
- Vulkan
- 1.2.131
Verdict
Our verdict on the RX 550
An old, low-power budget card that’s fine for basic displays but too weak for modern gaming.
Get it if you need a dirt-cheap card for basic office work or a low-power HTPC that can play old games at low settings. Skip it if you want to play anything modern or even esports titles at decent frame rates.
Buy it if…
- Buy it if you need a cheap card for an older office PC.
- Buy it if you just want basic dual-monitor desktop support.
- Buy it if you play esports titles at low settings only.
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