AMD today announces the availability of Radeon RX 550, the new low-end card based on Polaris 12 graphics processor.

AMD Radeon RX 550: entry-level performance for 79 USD

The only new GPU in Polaris Refresh lineup, Polaris 12, has finally made an appearance. Although RX 550 costs only 20 USD less than RX 560, it actually features only half of the stream processor count — 512. We are looking at pure entry-level GPU, acting as a replacement for integrated graphics, rather than anything even remotely close to gaming processor.

The Radeon RX 550 features 512 Stream Processors, 32 Texture Mapping Units and 16 ROPs. The base clock is set to 1100 MHz and boost clock to 1183 MHz. It comes in 2GB and 4GB variants. The memory subsystem is 128-bit wide and supports GDDR5 modules.

According to AMD website, this card will be available with 10 Compute Units (640 Stream Processors), although it may be only for system builders (OEM).

AMD Radeon RX 500 Series Specifications April 20th, 2017 Radeon RX 580 Radeon RX 570 Radeon RX 560 Radeon RX 550 GPU Polaris 20 XTR/XTX Polaris 20 XL Polaris 11 Polaris 12 Cores 2304 2048 1024 512 TMUs 144 128 64 32 ROPs 32 32 16 16 Base Clock 1257 MHz 1168 MHz 1175 MHz 1100 MHz Boost Clock 1340 MHz 1244 MHz 1257 MHz 1183 MHz Memory Clock 8000 MHz 7000 MHz 7000 MHz 7000 MHz Memory 8/4 GB G5 8/4 GB G5 4/2 GB G5 4/2 GB G5 Memory Bus 256-bit 256-bit 128-bit 128-bit Bandwidth 256 GB/s 224 GB/s 112 GB/s 112 GB/s Typical Board Power 185W 150W 80W 50W MSRP 229 USD 169 USD 99 USD 79 USD

PCWorld already has a review of this card and it appears to still hold some ‘gaming’ horsepower, although most games will require very low settings to consider it playable. Meanwhile, total system power draw jumps to 96.4 Watts under load, while it oscillated around 53W when card is not in use.

AMD Radeon RX 550 models

KUROUTOSHIKOU RX 550 2GB Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database GPU : Lexa PRO Base Clock : 1100 MHz Cores : 512 Boost Clock : 1183 MHz TMUs : 32 Memory Clock : 7 Gbps ROPs : 16 Memory : 2 GB GDDR5 128b

SAPPHIRE RX 550 2GB PULSE Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database GPU : Lexa PRO Base Clock : 1100 MHz Cores : 512 Boost Clock : 1206 MHz (+1.9%) TMUs : 32 Memory Clock : 7 Gbps ROPs : 16 Memory : 2 GB GDDR5 128b

SAPPHIRE RX 550 4GB PULSE Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database GPU : Lexa PRO Base Clock : 1100 MHz Cores : 512 Boost Clock : 1206 MHz (+1.9%) TMUs : 32 Memory Clock : 7 Gbps ROPs : 16 Memory : 4 GB GDDR5 128b

POWERCOLOR RX 550 2GB Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database GPU : Lexa PRO Base Clock : 1100 MHz Cores : 512 Boost Clock : 1190 MHz (+0.6%) TMUs : 32 Memory Clock : 7 Gbps ROPs : 16 Memory : 2 GB GDDR5 128b

GIGABYTE RX 550 2GB Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database GPU : Lexa PRO Base Clock : 1100 MHz Cores : 512 Boost Clock : 1195 MHz (+1.0%) TMUs : 32 Memory Clock : 7 Gbps ROPs : 16 Memory : 2 GB GDDR5 128b

GIGABYTE RX 550 2GB GAMING OC Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database GPU : Lexa PRO Base Clock : 1100 MHz Cores : 512 Boost Clock : 1219 MHz (+3.0%) TMUs : 32 Memory Clock : 7 Gbps ROPs : 16 Memory : 2 GB GDDR5 128b

MSI RX 550 4GB AERO ITX OC Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database GPU : Lexa PRO Base Clock : 1100 MHz Cores : 512 Boost Clock : 1203 MHz (+1.7%) TMUs : 32 Memory Clock : 7 Gbps ROPs : 16 Memory : 4 GB GDDR5 128b

MSI RX 550 4GB AERO ITX Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database GPU : Lexa PRO Base Clock : 1100 MHz Cores : 512 Boost Clock : 1183 MHz TMUs : 32 Memory Clock : 7 Gbps ROPs : 16 Memory : 4 GB GDDR5 128b

MSI RX 550 2GB AERO ITX OC Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database GPU : Lexa PRO Base Clock : 1100 MHz Cores : 512 Boost Clock : 1203 MHz (+1.7%) TMUs : 32 Memory Clock : 7 Gbps ROPs : 16 Memory : 2 GB GDDR5 128b

MSI RX 550 2GB AERO ITX Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database GPU : Lexa PRO Base Clock : 1100 MHz Cores : 512 Boost Clock : 1183 MHz TMUs : 32 Memory Clock : 7 Gbps ROPs : 16 Memory : 2 GB GDDR5 128b