AMD · 2017
Radeon RX 550
The Radeon RX 550 is a budget graphics card released by AMD in April 2017, based on the GCN 4 architecture and Polaris 12 chip.
The Radeon RX 550 is a budget graphics card released by AMD on April 20, 2017, with a launch MSRP of $79 USD. It is built on the GCN 4 architecture using the Polaris 12 GPU chip fabricated on a 14 nm process. The card features 512 shading units, a base clock of 1100 MHz, and a boost clock of 1183 MHz. It comes with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s. The board power (TDP) is rated at 50 W, and it connects via a PCIe 3.0 ×8 interface. This card is designed for entry-level gaming and multimedia tasks, and it is compatible with motherboards that have a PCIe x8 or x16 slot.
Specifications
| Architecture unverified | GCN 4 |
|---|---|
| GPU chip unverified | Polaris 12 |
| Process node unverified | 14 nm |
| Shading units unverified | 512 |
| Base clock unverified | 1100 MHz |
| Boost clock unverified | 1183 MHz |
| Memory size unverified | 2 GB |
| Memory type unverified | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus unverified | 128 bit |
| Memory bandwidth unverified | 112 GB/s |
| Board power (TDP) unverified | 50 W |
| Bus interface unverified | PCIe 3.0 ×8 |
| Release date unverified | 2017-04-20 |
| Release year unverified | 2017 |
| Launch MSRP unverified | 79 USD |