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.
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-RTX5080-O16G-EVO | Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 550 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 2GB GDDR5 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1200 | 2685 | 2805 | 2482 | 2730 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 50 | 360 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 128 | 256 | 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 | 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-RTX5080-O16G-EVO Compare | 85.3 | 97.5 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 89.6 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 17.6 |
| Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD Compare | 85.3 | 95.2 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 15.9 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79.2 | 92.2 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 72.9 | 94 | 21 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85.3 | 97.5 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 19.1 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.9 | 96.1 | 91.7 | 83.8 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 52.7 | 98.7 | 17.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Price History
Usage Scores
- Overall21.8
- AI/LLM7.9
- Budget62.1
- Gaming 4k10.2
- Ray Tracing11.9
- Workstation19.3
- Gaming 1080p17.6
- Gaming 1440p14
- Content Creation18.5
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