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Radeon RX 550X
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VRAM
4 GB
CUDA
512
FP32
1.211 TF
Bandwidth
96 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 bandwidth96 GB/s5%
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 1080p gaming and media builds since it runs cool and quiet. The usual gripe is it’s too weak for modern games, even at low settings.
Pros
- Plays older games without breaking sweat
- Sips power, ideal for small builds
- Runs cool enough for cramped cases
- Handles everyday video tasks fine
Cons
- Too slow for modern games
- No real overclocking headroom
- Only 4GB limits texture quality
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
- 96 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 1500 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 550X
The RX 550X is an entry-level 2018 card that does basic gaming but chokes on anything modern.
Get it if you need a dirt-cheap card for a basic office PC or watching videos, and you're not gaming. Skip it if you want to play any modern game at all, even at low settings.
Buy it if…
- You need a basic display output for an old office PC.
- You want to play lightweight esports titles at low settings.
- You are building a very cheap media or light gaming machine.
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