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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 $160
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 | HP 20X24AA | Sapphire PULSE 11265-05-20G | XFX Radeon RX 570 RX-570P8DFD6 | ASUS Dual DUAL-GTX1060-O6G | Kelinx RX 580 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon 550 | RTX A4000 | Radeon RX 580 | Radeon RX 570 | GeForce GTX 1060 | Radeon RX 580 |
| Vram | 2GB GDDR5 | 16GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR5 | 6GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR5 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1071 | - | 1366 | 1286 | 1809 | 1750 |
| Tdp W | 50 | 140 | 185 | 150 | 120 | 185 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 64 | - | 256 | 256 | 192 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | false | true | false | - | false | - |
| GPU Class | consumer | workstation | 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 |
| HP 20X24AA Compare | 66.7 | 35.6 | 63.1 | 42.4 | 35.7 | 34.5 | 17 | 0 | 92.1 | 37.3 | 27.7 | 19.8 |
| Sapphire PULSE 11265-05-20G Compare | 26.9 | 22.5 | 24.8 | 20.7 | 14.1 | 42 | 43.3 | 71.7 | 16.6 | 48.2 | 82.6 | 78.8 |
| XFX Radeon RX 570 RX-570P8DFD6 Compare | 23.8 | 17.6 | 21.6 | 19.4 | 13.4 | 26 | 55.9 | 85.8 | 18 | 50.9 | 88.8 | 94.4 |
| ASUS Dual DUAL-GTX1060-O6G Compare | 18.8 | 23.4 | 19 | 24.3 | 14.5 | 42 | 43.3 | 57.6 | 37.6 | 41.8 | 72.6 | 81.2 |
| Kelinx RX 580 Compare | 48.3 | 31.2 | 26.5 | 20.7 | 33.7 | 11.2 | 55.9 | 0 | 16.6 | 31.7 | 73.7 | 90.4 |
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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