AMD Radeon 550 videocard review

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

1305

454

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38712

1885

Name	Value
PassMark - G2D Mark	454
PassMark - G3D Mark	1885

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