AMD Radeon RX 550 videocard review

AMD Radeon RX 550

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

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38754
2717
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1310
489
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
351431
11717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
33.507 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1037.305 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
3.064 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
461.690 Frames/s
52.533 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
140.911 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
4485 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
940 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
2158 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
4485.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
940.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
2158.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36532
1198
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 2717
PassMark - G2D Mark 489
Geekbench - OpenCL 11717
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 1198

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

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 851
Price now $75
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 59.51

Technical info

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

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 145 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

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)