AMD Radeon RX 550 videocard review
Radeon RX 550 videocard released by AMD; release date: 18 April 2017. At the time of release, the videocard cost $79. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and 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. Floating-point performance - 1.2 TFLOPs. Manufacturing process technology - 14 nm. Transistors count - 2,200 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 50 Watt.
Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 128 bit. Memory clock speed - 7000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 112 GB/s.
Benchmarks
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| Geekbench OpenCL |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Face Detection |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Ocean Surface Simulation |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop T-Rex |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Video Composition |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Bitcoin Mining |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score |
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| Name | Value |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2690 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 476 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 11610 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection | 33.507 mPixels/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation | 1037.305 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex | 3.064 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition | 52.533 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining | 140.911 mHash/s |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 4485 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 940 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 2158 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 4485.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 940.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 2158.000 Fps |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 127 |
Specifications (specs)
Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 |
| Code name | Lexa |
| Design | Radeon RX 500 Series |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $79 |
| Place in performance rating | 876 |
| Price now | $75 |
| Type | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 59.51 |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1183 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1100 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1.2 TFLOPs |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm |
| Pipelines | 512 |
| Texture fill rate | 37.86 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,200 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort support | |
| Dual-link DVI support | |
| HDMI | |
| VGA | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 145 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Decode | |
| 4K H264 Encode | |
| AMD Eyefinity | |
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | |
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | |
| AppAcceleration | |
| FreeSync | |
| H265/HEVC Decode | |
| H265/HEVC Encode | |
| HDMI 4K Support | |
| LiquidVR | |
| PowerTune | |
| TrueAudio | |
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | |
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | |
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | |
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