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Average Bench: 13.8% (194th of 649)

more Based on 14,191 user benchmarks.  Devices: 1002 699F, 1002 67FF Models: Radeon RX 550, Radeon(TM) RX 550, AMD Radeon(TM) RX550, Radeon (TM) RX 550, ASUS Radeon RX 550

Hot on the heels of the release of the Radeon RX 580 and RX 570 launched earlier this week, AMD have released a new Polaris 12 GPU, the Radeon RX 550. It is a sub-$100 entry level GPU, targeted at those who want an inexpensive, low profile, low power and low performance component for mini desktop PCs or a minor upgrade on integrated GPUs. It has just 8 compute units, a boost clock of 1183 MHz and comes with either 2 or 4 Gb of GDDR5 memory capable of delivering up to 112 GB/s bandwidth. As expected from a discrete GPU, the RX 550 wipes the floor with Intel’s current best desktop iGPU (HD 630 (Kaby Lake). The RX 550 is expected to be around 70% as fast as the only $20 dearer RX 560 (the successor to the RX 460 to be released next month), however this should be sufficient for an okay gaming experience for many games on non-demanding settings. It is anticipated, that AMD will tailor the form of the 550 more towards the laptop market as the year progresses. [Apr '17 GPUPro]

Poor: 13%Average: 13.8% Great: 15%

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Terrible average bench

The AMD RX 550 averaged 86.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 49.2fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 46.8fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD RX 550 is just 2.56%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD RX 550 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 75.2fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 66.7fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 14,191 samples)
Rank 19413.8%
Min Avg Max
35.7 Lighting 49.2 56.9
67.4 Reflection 75.2 80.4
60.8 Parallax 66.7 75.6
12.9% 63.7 fps
Min Avg Max
34.9 MRender 49.6 61
43.6 Gravity 46.8 50.7
49.9 Splatting 65 78.4
14% 53.8 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
HP(103C 8424) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.26.01
14.8% Very poor
Lighting 55.1
Reflection 79.9
Parallax 68.5
14% 67.8 fps
MRender 60.9
Gravity 47.5
Splatting 78
15% 62.1 fps
HP(103C 90FA) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.10.30.10
14.6% Very poor
Lighting 53
Reflection 78
Parallax 74.6
14% 68.5 fps
MRender 60
Gravity 46.7
Splatting 76.3
15% 61 fps
HP(103C 8424) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.40.38.02
13.3% Very poor
Lighting 46.5
Reflection 71.9
Parallax 61
12% 59.8 fps
MRender 54.5
Gravity 42.7
Splatting 58.8
13% 52 fps
HP(103C 841E) 2GB
CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.10.02
13% Very poor
Lighting 50
Reflection 72.9
Parallax 64.4
13% 62.4 fps
MRender 36.6
Gravity 46.8
Splatting 51.3
13% 44.9 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 34,836,927 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 14,191 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $79 @ launch in Apr '17)
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HP(103C 841E) 41% 13% ± 0%
HP(103C 8424) 33% 14% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0513) 4% 14% ± 0%
Sapphire(1DA2 E367) 4% 15% ± 0%
Device(1642 1693) 3% 14% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 22F3) 2% 14% ± 0%
MSI(1462 8A90) 2% 14% ± 0%
HP(103C 90FA) 1% 14% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0511) 1% 14% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 22FE) 1% 14% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0553) 1% 16% ± 0%
AMD(1002 0B04) 1% 13% ± 1%
PowerColor(148C 2390) 1% 16% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0551) 1% 15% ± 0%
Acer(1025 1211) 1% 16% ± 0%
ASRock(1849 5037) 1% 15% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 22F2) 0% 15% ± 0%
XFX(1682 9550) 0% 15% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 230B) 0% 15% ± 0%
PowerColor(148C 2380) 0% 14% ± 0%
AMD(1002 0000) 0% 14% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 A550) 0% 15% ± 0%
HP(103C 836C) 0% 16% ± 0%
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Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 690-00xx

CPU
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD  €153Bench 67%, 85,943 samples1,084x
Core i5-8400Intel  €182Bench 85%, 202,035 samples553x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  €149Bench 72%, 163,920 samples234x
GPU
RX 550AMD  €68Bench 14%, 14,191 samples1x
SSD
MZNLN128HAHQ-000H1 128GBSamsungBench 77%, 9,532 samples247x
hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBSKBench 122%, 15,290 samples134x
SD9SN8W-128G-1006 128GBSandiskBench 67%, 6,215 samples114x
RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 44%, 10,523 samples356x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 43%, 6,193 samples342x
M378A1G43TB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 47%, 1,736 samples265x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: €221

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 Comments

GPUPro
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1,511

Official site www.amd.com/...

Added 3 years ago.
DEU-User
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4,425

Disliked (edit your comment) Add link

15 days ago.

USA-User
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7,078

Excellent

2 days ago.

it's good and cheap and efficient

TUR-User
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4,204

Terrible

6 hrs ago.

not bad but not gud

BRA-User
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3,559

Excellent

9 days ago.

For gaming you're better off running integrated Vega 8/11 and grabbing a better GPU in the future or trying to buy an used RX 570 or a 1650 if a low profile build. Only recommended as a display card and only if it's cheaper than the GT 1030 where you live.

IDN-User
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3,553

Excellent

1 month ago.

gpu best in entry level

POL-User
Avatar level
3,466

Excellent

1 month ago.

I just love it xD

ROU-User
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3,401

Good

1 day ago.

very decent GPU i have, runs every game, not on maximum settings, but im 100% sure it can run every game in low settings

ITA-User
Avatar level
3,197

Excellent

1 month ago.

Power consumption of less than 50 watts in the game and 5 watts during desktop activity or video playback. There are semi-passive versions like Sapphire to the full advantage of zero noise and heat. It makes most of the 1080p e-sports games playable with few sacrifices even in small-form pc. Performance similar to the Ryzen 2400g Vega 11 but definitely with less frame drops.

AUS-User
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2,980

Poor

5 months ago.

Just get a second hand gtx 960/970

VNM-User
Avatar level
2,767

Good

6 months ago.

It is cheap, can play lots of game on 4k on lowest setiing

ARG-User
Avatar level
2,642

Good

2 days ago.

I love this graphic card

KOR-User
Avatar level
2,420

Good

1 month ago.

dsad

PHL-User
Avatar level
2,380

Good

4 days ago.

It is currently the best budget Graphics card for lower-end eSports games such as Cs-Go and League of Legends. Despite this, it still runs quite well on heavier games like PUBG, as a user of this graphics card I have reached up to 60 fps (with the lowest settings and a really strong processor that is) in PUBG.

PAK-User
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2,234

Good

1 month ago.

lovely Gpu but lost fost from r9 270 and r9 207X

SVK-User
Avatar level
1,916

Excellent

23 months ago.

Cheaper, less heat, and still a budget gaming option

SVN-User
Avatar level
1,650

Excellent

1 month ago.

good graphics card for a budget

GPUPro
Avatar level
1,511

Good

3 years ago.

IRL-User
Avatar level
1,292

Terrible

23 months ago.

Such a bad gpu and works terrible.

LVA-User
Avatar level
1,276

Excellent

10 months ago.

this is good for game only non hard cord games

ColdSpy
Avatar level
332

Average

12 months ago.

Performed marginally better than GT 1030 GDDR5 (not that scammy DDR4 version which is much weaker than you thought!) while consuming 20W more than GT 1030. This GPU isn't worth buying a little due to option to use AMD Ryzen APU such as Ryzen 3 2200G instead of this and slightly worse power consumption (plus slightly higher build cost).

thescaredshadow
Avatar level
6

Excellent

2 years ago.

I got for about $70 at Best Buy and it's fantastic for what I got.

zerbey
Avatar level
4

Average

3 years ago.

OC editions can clock up to 1400Mhz and higher with no side effects making this a far better budget contender than the specs suggest.

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