QTHREE Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5
ASUS GeForce RTX 4060 Dual 8GB GDDR6
What Buyers Say
QTHREE Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5
This budget-friendly graphics card is a great fit for upgrading older small form factor PCs, with several verified 5-star reviews praising its multi-monitor support and plug-and-play ease on Linux. However, a few serious issues stand out: one verified buyer got repeated blue-screen lockups, the fan speed sensor is non-functional on another unit, and the lack of a driver disc forces users to hunt down updates online. Overall, it is a capable low-end card for light gaming and office work, but reliability and support documentation are hit-or-miss.
Pros
- Excellent multi-monitor support up to 3 displays
- Plays Minecraft and Roblox smoothly on i5-8500
- Easy plug-and-play installation on Linux
- Great for reviving older small form factor PCs
- Works well for light gaming and office tasks
Cons
- Causes BitLocker blue screen lockups on some systems
- Fan speed sensor does not work or show readings
- No driver disc included in package
- Requires bracket modification for VGA in small cases
- Does not support Meta VR headsets
ASUS GeForce RTX 4060 Dual 8GB GDDR6
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 is highly praised as a great 1080p card with excellent price-to-performance ratio. Users report smooth gaming, easy installation, and no issues over months of use. It runs hotter than 3-fan variants but is considered a solid upgrade from older GPUs like the GTX 1060.
Pros
- Excellent 1080p performance
- Great price-to-performance ratio
- Easy installation
- Reliable and stable
- Compact size fits well
Cons
- Runs hotter than 3-fan variants
- Not ideal for 4K gaming
- Limited for high-end 1440p
Scores
Specifications
| QTHREE Radeon RX 550 | ASUS GeForce RTX 4060 Dual | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 550 | GeForce RTX 4060 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Polaris | Ada Lovelace |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 14 | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 4 GB | 8 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | — | 96★ |
| RT Cores | — | 24★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 15.109999656677246★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 15.109999656677246★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 50★ | 115 |
| Recommended PSU | 450 | 300★ |
| Power Connectors | None | — |
| Cooler | Single Fan | Dual Fan★ |
| Fans | 1 | 2★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 X8 | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 1 | 3★ |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| USB-C | 0★ | — |
| Max Displays | 3 | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 4096x2160 | 8K (4320p) |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 170★ | 225 |
| Slot Width | 2 | 2 |
| Form Factor | Low Profile | — |
| Weight | 0.33 kg★ | 0.64 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✗ | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | DLSS 3 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | 12 | — |
| RGB | — | ✗ |
Pros & Cons
QTHREE Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5
- Strong affordability (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Below average compute (4th percentile)4th %ile
- Below average feature (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average rt (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average ai (13th percentile)13th %ile
ASUS GeForce RTX 4060 Dual 8GB GDDR6
- Strong efficiency (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong feature (73rd percentile)
- Below average ai (33rd percentile)
- Below average vram (34th percentile)
Pricing
QTHREE Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5
ASUS GeForce RTX 4060 Dual 8GB GDDR6
No current pricing available
Verdict
Scores 62 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 20 of 39 specs.
