AMD Radeon RX 550 - GPU Specs

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Specifications

Technical data

GPU

Architecture
GCN 4
Based on
AMD Radeon RX 550
Execution Units
8
GPU Chip
Polaris 12
Manufacturer Board Type
Component
Manufacturer Family
Radeon 600|500|400
Manufacturer Series
Radeon RX 500 Series
Render Output Units
16
Shader
512
Texture Units
32

Memory

Memory Bandwidth
112 GB/s
Memory Bus
128 bit
Memory Data Rate
7 Gbps
Memory Size
4 GB
Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
1500 MHz
Memory Type
GDDR5

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
1100 MHz
Boost Clock
1183 MHz

Thermal Design

System Power Supply
400 W (PSU recommendation)
TDP
50 W
Typical Board Power
50 W

Connectivity

DisplayPort capabilities
1.4 HDR
HDMI capabilities
4K60 Support
Max. Displays
4
PCIe Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8

Featureset

DirectX
12
DLSS / FSR
No
Max. resolution
4096 × 2160
Raytracing
No

Supported Video Codecs

4K H264 Decode
Yes
4K H264 Encode
Yes
AV1
No
h264
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
Yes
H265/HEVC Encode
Yes
VP8
Decode
VP9
Decode

Additional data

Manufacturer
AMD
Official source
https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/graphics.html
Process Technology
14 nm
Release date
2017-04-18
Verification scope
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Verified on
2026-10-01

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Radeon RX 550 GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

1 place

Manufacturer versions

Board specifications and benchmark results are specific to each version.

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 4GB (SKU 11268-01)

Sapphire · 4 GB

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 4GB (SKU 11268-05)

Sapphire · 4 GB

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640 SP LP 4GB

Sapphire · 4 GB

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP 4GB

Sapphire · 4 GB

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP 4GB

Sapphire · 4 GB

All models based on this GPU

Benchmarks

Performance tests GPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks AMD Radeon RX 550 with other graphics cards to understand the real speed of the GPU when processing content.

Tests include working with floating point, creating 3D models, mining cryptocurrencies.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Game frame rates

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

1.21 GFLOPS

AMD Radeon RX 550

All the benchmark results

Comparable benchmark results are required to suggest performance alternatives.

Base Clock is the base GPU frequency stated by the manufacturer for this model.

Boost Clock describes automatic frequency increases. Actual clock speed varies with workload, temperature and power limits; it is not a guarantee of manual overclocking.

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