AMD Radeon 550 videocard review

AMD Radeon 550

Radeon 550 videocard released by AMD; release date: 20 Apr 2017. The videocard is based on GCN 4.0 microarchitecture codenamed Lexa.

Core clock speed - 1100 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1183 MHz. Texture fill rate - 37.86 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 512. Manufacturing process technology - 14 nm. Transistors count - 2200 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 50 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 64 bit. Memory clock speed - 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective. Memory bandwidth - 56.00 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
463
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38591
2027
Name Value
PassMark - G2D Mark 463
PassMark - G3D Mark 2027

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0
Code name Lexa
Launch date 20 Apr 2017
Place in performance rating 285

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 75.71 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 1,211 GFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 1,211 GFLOPS
Pipelines 512
Pixel fill rate 18.93 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 2200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 145 mm, 5.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 56.00 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 7 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR5