Radeon RX 550 Overview

Radeon RX 550
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Apr 2017
Radeon RX 550

Core Configuration

GPU Polaris 12
Architecture AMD_GCN_1_3
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 640 : 40 : 16
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 1666.60 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 4096 Mb
Memory Bus Width 128 bit
Memory Speed 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 112.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce GTX 760
    100%
  • Radeon R9 270
    96%
  • Radeon RX 460
    96%
  • Radeon R7 260X
    94%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    92%
  • Radeon HD 7790
    85%
  • GeForce GTX 660
    83%
  • Radeon R7 370
    83%
  • GeForce GT 1030
    80%
  • Radeon R7 265
    78%
  • Radeon RX Vega 11
    78%
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    77%
  • Radeon R7 360E
    76%
  • Radeon R7 360
    76%
  • GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
    75%
  • Radeon RX 550
    74%
  • Radeon HD 7850
    73%
  • Radeon R7 260
    73%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    66%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    63%
  • GeForce GTX 750
    61%
  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB
    56%
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    53%
  • Radeon R7 250X
    50%
  • Radeon Vega 8
    50%
  • Radeon R7 250XE
    45%
  • GeForce GTX 650
    35%
  • Radeon R7 250E
    34%
  • Radeon HD 7750
    34%
  • GeForce GT 740
    33%

Data interpolated by architecture, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon RX 550 is a graphics card released by AMD on 1 Apr 2017. The graphics card houses the Polaris 12 die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_3 architecture which packs unknown transistors on a 14 nm, 0 mm2 die.

Radeon RX 550 pros and cons

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

Radeon RX 550GeForce GTX 760
Radeon RX 550GeForce GTX 760
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Shader units6401152
ROPs1632
Graphics processorPolaris 12GK104
Process size14 nm28 nm
Memory4096 Mb GDDR5 (1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective)
Memory bus width128 bit256 bit
Memory bandwidth112.00 Gb/s192.00 Gb/s
Release date1 Apr 201725 Jun 2013