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.
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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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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 | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon 550 | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 2GB GDDR5 | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1071 | 2407 | 2730 | 2482 | 2730 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 50 | 575 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 64 | 512 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| 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 | 7.1 | 9.9 | 6.5 | 11.2 | 3.8 | 11.1 | 26.2 | 18.8 | 15.4 | 30 | 71.9 | 93.8 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.9 | 90.3 | 97.6 | 98.7 | 97.6 | 96.2 | 72.3 | 86 | 24.4 | 99.3 | 99.1 | 3.5 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD Compare | 85.4 | 95.2 | 88.8 | 94.3 | 93.3 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 71.9 | 57.9 | 94.1 | 89 | 13.9 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79.4 | 92.3 | 85.8 | 88.9 | 88.1 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 80.3 | 73 | 94.1 | 89 | 21.2 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85.4 | 97.6 | 88.8 | 94.3 | 93.3 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 99.5 | 57.9 | 94.1 | 99.1 | 19.2 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.9 | 96.2 | 91.7 | 83.9 | 95.5 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 86 | 52.8 | 98.8 | 78.6 | 17.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
We started tracking prices for this product on Jun 7, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
- Overall16.5
- AI/LLM4.9
- Budget70.9
- Gaming 4k10.5
- Ray Tracing10.5
- Workstation10.8
- Gaming 1080p18.5
- Gaming 1440p14.8
- Content Creation9.7
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