QTHREE Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5
QTHREE
17 Overall Score
vs
Gigabyte GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD REV2.0
Gigabyte
65 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
QTHREE Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5
72 out of 100 medium confidence 12 reviews
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
Multi monitor support 2
Ease of installation 3
Gaming performance 2
System crashes 1
Fan sensor issues 1
Missing driver disc 1
Gigabyte GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD REV2.0
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Budget
Gaming 1080p
Ray Tracing
Gaming 1440p
Content Creation
Workstation
Gaming 4k
Ai Llm
Specifications
| QTHREE Radeon RX 550 | Gigabyte GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD REV2.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 550 | GeForce RTX 3070 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Polaris | Ampere |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 14 | 8★ |
| 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 | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 40★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 15.970000267028809★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 15.970000267028809★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 50★ | 220 |
| Recommended PSU | 450★ | 650 |
| Power Connectors | None | 1 x 6-Pin + 1 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Single Fan | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | 1 | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 X8 | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 1 | 2★ |
| HDMI | 1 | 2★ |
| USB-C | 0★ | — |
| Max Displays | 3 | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 4096x2160 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 170★ | 286 |
| Slot Width | 2★ | 2.5 |
| Form Factor | Low Profile | ATX |
| Weight | 0.33 kg★ | 1.55 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✗ | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | DLSS |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✗ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 Ultimate |
| 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
Gigabyte GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD REV2.0
- Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong feature (79th percentile)
- Strong rt (68th percentile)
Pricing
Verdict
Winner: Gigabyte GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD REV2.0
Scores 65 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 22 of 40 specs.
