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AMD Radeon RX 550 512SP
- Graphics Processor
- Baffin
- Cores
- 512
- TMUs
- 32
- ROPs
- 16
- Memory Size
- 2 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Bus Width
- 128 bit
GPU
Recommended Gaming Resolutions:
- 1600x900
- 1920x1080
- 2560x1440
The Radeon RX 550 512SP is an entry-level graphics card by AMD, launched on October 13th, 2017. Built on the 14 nm process, and based on the Baffin graphics processor, in its Baffin LE variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon RX 550 512SP. The Baffin graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 123 mm² and 3,000 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked Radeon RX 460 1024SP, which uses the same GPU but has all 1024 shaders enabled, AMD has disabled some shading units on the Radeon RX 550 512SP to reach the product's target shader count. It features 512 shading units, 32 texture mapping units, and 16 ROPs. AMD has paired 2,048 MB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon RX 550 512SP, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1019 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1071 MHz, memory is running at 1500 MHz (6 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon RX 550 512SP does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 50 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a. Radeon RX 550 512SP is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x8 interface. The card measures 145 mm in length, and features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 79 US Dollars.
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon RX 550 512SP does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 50 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a. Radeon RX 550 512SP is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x8 interface. The card measures 145 mm in length, and features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 79 US Dollars.
Graphics Processor
Graphics Card
- Release Date
- Oct 13th, 2017
- Generation
-
Polaris
(RX 500)
- Predecessor
- Arctic Islands
- Successor
- Vega
- Production
- Active
- Launch Price
- 79 USD
- Bus Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x8
- Reviews
- 5 in our database
Relative Performance
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.
Clock Speeds
- Base Clock
- 1019 MHz
- Boost Clock
- 1071 MHz
- Memory Clock
-
1500 MHz
6 Gbps effective
Memory
- Memory Size
- 2 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Memory Bus
- 128 bit
- Bandwidth
- 96.00 GB/s
Render Config
- Shading Units
- 512
- TMUs
- 32
- ROPs
- 16
- Compute Units
- 8
- L1 Cache
- 16 KB (per CU)
- L2 Cache
- 512 KB
Theoretical Performance
- Pixel Rate
- 17.14 GPixel/s
- Texture Rate
- 34.27 GTexel/s
- FP16 (half)
- 1,097 GFLOPS (1:1)
- FP32 (float)
- 1,097 GFLOPS
- FP64 (double)
- 68.54 GFLOPS (1:16)
Board Design
- Slot Width
- Dual-slot
- Length
- 145 mm
5.7 inches
- TDP
- 50 W
- Suggested PSU
- 250 W
- Outputs
- 1x DVI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x DisplayPort 1.4a
- Power Connectors
- None
- Board Number
- D090
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 12 (12_0)
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 2.1
- Vulkan
- 1.3
- Shader Model
- 6.7
Baffin GPU Notes
| Generation: Arctic Islands Codename: Polaris 11/21/31 Old Codename: Kauai/Maui / RacerX Graphics/Compute: GFX8 (gfx803) Display Core Engine: 11.2 Unified Video Decoder: 6.3 Video Compression Engine: 3.4 System DMA: 3.0.0 CLRX: GCN 1.2.0 |
Retail boards based on this design (6)
| Name | GPU Clock | Boost Clock | Memory Clock | Other Changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1019 MHz | 1183 MHz | 1500 MHz | 170 mm/6.7 inches | |
| 1019 MHz | 1203 MHz | 1500 MHz | 4 GB, 170 mm/6.7 inches | |
| 1019 MHz | 1091 MHz | 1500 MHz | 4 GB, 226 mm/8.9 inches | |
| 1019 MHz | 1071 MHz | 1500 MHz | 4 GB, 223 mm/8.8 inches | |
| 1019 MHz | 1071 MHz | 1500 MHz | 4 GB, 170 mm/6.7 inches, Single-slot | |
| 1019 MHz | 1071 MHz | 1500 MHz | 4 GB |
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