PowerColor Radeon 550 2GB GDDR5 Black
A 50W TDP and low-profile, single-slot design make this card a simple drop-in upgrade for compact or office PCs needing modern display outputs. Its 2GB GDDR5 frame buffer and 512 stream processors provide basic multi-monitor support via HDMI and DisplayPort without requiring external power. This card is best for users upgrading aging business desktops for 4K video playback or adding extra screens to a productivity workstation.
GPU Radeon 550
VRAM 2GB GDDR5
Boost Clock 1071 MHz
TDP 50 W
Memory Bus 64 bit
Class consumer
17 Overall Score
Price €185
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong social proof (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average compute (4th percentile)
- Below average vram (7th percentile)
- Below average ai (7th percentile)
- Below average rt (10th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has improved over time
70/100Our AI sentiment read▲5
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon 550 |
| Brand | AMD |
| Class | consumer |
Memory
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 64 |
Compute
| Stream Processors | 512 |
| Base Clock | 1050 |
| Boost Clock | 1071 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 2116 |
| GPU Compute | 928 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 50 |
| Recommended PSU | 250 |
| Cooler | Single Fan |
| Fans | 1 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x8 |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| USB-C | 0 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | Full HD (1080p) |
Physical
| Length | 181 |
| Slot Width | 1 |
| Form Factor | Low Profile |
| Weight | 0.5 kg / 1.0 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| VR Ready | No |
| DirectX | 12 |
vs Competition
| Spec | PowerColor Radeon 550 | Gigabyte Gaming GV-R9060XTGAMING OC-8GD | MSI Gaming GeForceRTX5060Ti 8G GAMING TRIO OC | XFX SPEEDSTER MERC319 RX-78TMERCB9 | Sapphire PULSE 11325-04CPO | ASRock OC Formula RX6900XT OCF 16G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon 550 | Radeon RX 9060 XT | GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | Radeon RX 7800 XT | Radeon RX 7900 GRE | Radeon RX 6900 XT |
| Vram | 2GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR6 | 12GB GDDR6X | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1071 | 3320 | 2610 | 2565 | 2290 | 2475 |
| Tdp W | 50 | 217 | 285 | 236 | 268 | 300 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 64 | 128 | 192 | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | User Sentiment | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PowerColor Radeon 550 | 7.2 | 10 | 6.7 | 11.3 | 3.9 | 11.2 | 26.4 | 19 | 15.5 | 30.3 | 71.6 | 94.1 |
| Gigabyte Gaming GV-R9060XTGAMING OC-8GD Compare | 81.6 | 72.4 | 75.6 | 68.5 | 78.8 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 0 | 81.2 | 88.7 | 95.5 | 68.2 |
| MSI Gaming GeForceRTX5060Ti 8G GAMING TRIO OC Compare | 58.2 | 85.5 | 59.2 | 84.9 | 74.5 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 0 | 75.7 | 70.1 | 56.8 | 50.8 |
| XFX SPEEDSTER MERC319 RX-78TMERCB9 Compare | 82.9 | 77.9 | 72.7 | 64.2 | 81.6 | 89.6 | 91.5 | 0 | 66.1 | 87 | 88.8 | 53.1 |
| Sapphire PULSE 11325-04CPO Compare | 88.4 | 89.3 | 71.8 | 77.7 | 90.3 | 72.1 | 72.4 | 0 | 65.2 | 85.9 | 0 | 54.5 |
| ASRock OC Formula RX6900XT OCF 16G Compare | 74.2 | 87 | 70.3 | 71 | 67.6 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 0 | 47.8 | 70.1 | 66.1 | 52.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall16.6
- AI/LLM5
- Budget68
- Gaming 4k10.6
- Ray Tracing10.6
- Workstation10.9
- Gaming 1080p18.7
- Gaming 1440p14.9
- Content Creation9.7
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