Radeon RX 550
AMD graphics card · Radeon 500 series · launched April 2017
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Radeon RX 550 launched at $79 in 2017. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $107 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 35% rise over 9 years.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2017 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Specifications
| Vendor | AMD |
|---|---|
| Series | Radeon 500 series |
| Launched | April 2017 |
| Launch price | $79 |
| Architecture | GCN 4 |
| Chip | Radeon RX 550 (Polaris 12) |
| Memory | 2 GB (also 4 GB) |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 128-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s |
| Core clock | 1,100 MHz |
| FP32 compute | 1.21 TFLOPS |
| Rated power | 50 W (TBP) |
| Transistors | 2.2 billion |
| Die size | 101 mm² |
| Process | 4 nm |
| Bus interface | PCIe 3.0 ×8 |
| Tier | 50-class |
The AMD 50-class over time
AMD graphics cards in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radeon HD 4570 | 2008 | — | — | — |
| Radeon HD 5550 | 2010 | — | — | — |
| Radeon HD 5570 | 2010 | $80 | $121 | — |
| Radeon HD 3570 | 2010 | — | — | — |
| Radeon HD 6570 | 2011 | $79 | $116 | — |
| Radeon HD 4580 | 2011 | — | — | — |
| Radeon R7 250 | 2013 | $89 | $126 | — |
| Radeon R7 250E | 2013 | $109 | $155 | — |
| Radeon R7 250X | 2014 | $99 | $138 | — |
| Radeon R7 350 | 2016 | $89 | $123 | — |
| Radeon RX 550 | 2017 | $79 | $107 | — |
| Radeon RX 550 640SP | 2017 | $79 | $107 | — |
| Radeon RX 550X | 2018 | $79 | $104 | — |
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | 2019 | $169 | $219 | 504 |
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | 2022 | $199 | $225 | 467 |
| Radeon RX 9050 | 2026 | $279 | $279 | — |
Compare with
- Radeon RX 550 640SP · 2017 · $79
- Radeon RX 560 · 2017 · $99
- Radeon R7 350 · 2016 · $89
- Radeon RX 550X · 2018 · $79
- GeForce GT 1030 · 2018 · $79 · 72
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