Visiontek Radeon RX 550 2GB GDDR5
Driving four 4K displays from a single-slot card without external power, its 50W TDP and 2GB of GDDR5 memory make it a purpose-built multi-monitor solution. The low-profile design fits into both full-height and small form factor business systems using only the PCIe slot's 350W-recommended bus power. This card is best for corporate digital signage, financial trading desks, and restaurant menu board deployments where 3D gaming performance is irrelevant.
GPU Radeon RX 550
VRAM 2GB GDDR5
Boost Clock 1200 MHz
TDP 50 W
Memory Bus 128 bit
Class consumer
22 Overall Score
Price £215
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (85th percentile) 85th
Cons
- Below average ai (6th percentile)
- Below average vram (7th percentile)
- Below average rt (11th percentile)
- Below average feature (11th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 550 |
| Brand | AMD |
| Class | consumer |
Memory
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 128 |
Compute
| Base Clock | 1070 |
| Boost Clock | 1200 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 2680 |
| GPU Compute | 964 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 50 |
| Recommended PSU | 350 |
| Power Connectors | None |
| Cooler | Fan |
| Fans | 1 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 2.0 |
| DisplayPort | 4 |
| HDMI | 0 |
| Max Displays | 2 |
| Max Resolution | 4K (2160p) |
Physical
| Length | 168 |
| Slot Width | 1 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
| Weight | 0.5 kg / 1.1 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Visiontek Radeon RX 550 | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G | Gigabyte Gaming GV-R9060XTGAMING OC-8GD | MSI SHADOW G5070-12S3C | PNY OC VCG507012TFXPB1-O | ZOTAC Twin Edge RTX 5070 OC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 550 | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 9060 XT | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Vram | 2GB GDDR5 | 12GB GDDR7 | 8GB GDDR6 | 12GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1200 | 2512 | 3320 | 2542 | 2587 | 2542 |
| Tdp W | 50 | 250 | 217 | 250 | 250 | 250 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 128 | 192 | 128 | 192 | 192 | 192 |
| 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 | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visiontek Radeon RX 550 | 6.1 | 11 | 7.1 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 26.4 | 18.3 | 39.3 | 84.7 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G Compare | 62 | 82.6 | 65.4 | 79.7 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 79.3 | 94 | 45.5 |
| Gigabyte Gaming GV-R9060XTGAMING OC-8GD Compare | 81.6 | 72.4 | 75.6 | 68.5 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 81.2 | 88.7 | 68.2 |
| MSI SHADOW G5070-12S3C Compare | 62 | 82.6 | 65.4 | 79.7 | 89.6 | 91.5 | 79.3 | 94 | 37.8 |
| PNY OC VCG507012TFXPB1-O Compare | 62 | 82.6 | 65.4 | 79.7 | 89.6 | 72.4 | 79.3 | 94 | 37.9 |
| ZOTAC Twin Edge RTX 5070 OC Compare | 62 | 76.7 | 65.4 | 79.7 | 89.6 | 55.9 | 79.3 | 94 | 39.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Price History
Usage Scores
- Overall21.8
- AI/LLM7.9
- Budget58.6
- Gaming 4k10.2
- Ray Tracing11.9
- Workstation19.4
- Gaming 1080p17.6
- Gaming 1440p14
- Content Creation18.5
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