QTHREE Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5
QTHREE
17 Overall Score
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Suprim 16GB GDDR7
MSI
94 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
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Suprim 16GB GDDR7
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Gaming 4k
Ray Tracing
Gaming 1440p
Content Creation
Gaming 1080p
Workstation
Budget
Ai Llm
Specifications
| QTHREE Radeon RX 550 | MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Suprim | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 550 | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Polaris | Blackwell |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 14 | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 4 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR7★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| ECC | — | ✗ |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 84★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 56.279998779296875★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 56.279998779296875★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 50★ | 360 |
| Recommended PSU | 450★ | 850 |
| Power Connectors | None | 1 x 16-Pin |
| Cooler | Single Fan | AIO Liquid★ |
| Fans | 1 | 4★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 X8 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 1 | 3★ |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| USB-C | 0★ | — |
| Max Displays | 3 | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 4096x2160 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 170★ | 280 |
| Slot Width | 2★ | 2.5 |
| Form Factor | Low Profile | Full Height |
| Weight | 0.33 kg★ | 2.81 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✗ | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | DLSS 4 |
| 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
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Suprim 16GB GDDR7
- Strong thermal (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong rt (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong raster (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Below average affordability (20th percentile)20th %ile
Pricing
QTHREE Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Suprim 16GB GDDR7
No current pricing available
Verdict
Winner: MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Suprim
Scores 94 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 22 of 41 specs.
