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$169.99
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Same as Founder's Edition
AvailabilityMSRP $199
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Base Clock
Boost Clock
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Base Clock
Boost Clock
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AvailabilityMSRP $79
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MSRP $79
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$83.99
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$79.95
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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 550 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 550 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 1735 days newer than the cheaper Radeon RX 550.
Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Performs up to 19% better in Rust than Radeon RX 550 - 111 vs 93 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 4 vs 2 GB
Advantages of Radeon RX 550
- Up to 51% cheaper than Radeon RX 6500 XT - $83.99 vs $169.99
- Up to 41% better value when playing Rust than Radeon RX 6500 XT - $0.90 vs $1.53 per FPS
- Consumes up to 53% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 50 vs 107 Watts
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
111
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.53/FPS
59%
Price, $
$169.99
49%
FPS Winner
PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 Memory
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Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
FPS
93
84%
Value, $/FPS
$0.9/FPS
100%
Price, $
$83.99
100%
Value Winner
maxsun AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 ITX Computer PC Gaming Video Graphics Card GPU 128-Bit DirectX 12 PCI Express X16 3.0 DVI-D Dual Link, HDMI, DisplayPort
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Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
18.93 GPixel/s
21%
Texel Fillrate
37.86 GTexel/s
21%
Radeon RX 6500 XT | vs | Radeon RX 550 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 19th, 2022 | Release Date | Apr 20th, 2017 |
| Navi II | Generation | Polaris |
| $199 | MSRP | $79 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | None |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 2 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 64-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
143.9 GB/s | Bandwidth | 112 GB/s |
2310 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1100 MHz |
2815 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1183 MHz |
2248 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
PC Builds Using Radeon RX 6500 XT or Radeon RX 550
With selected game settings
56 FPS
$23.18/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,298
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16 FPS
$54.38/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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33 FPS
$41.33/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Core i3-10105F
8 GB, 480 GB SSD
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$1,364
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34 FPS
$25/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, 480 GB SSD
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19 FPS
$57.26/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 4500
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$1,088
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36 FPS
$23.89/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 5600G
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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59 FPS
$15.25/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 5 5600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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16 FPS
$64.62/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,034
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54 FPS
$18.48/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$998
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62 FPS
$14.03/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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36 FPS
$24.69/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 5600G
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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54 FPS
$29.74/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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20 FPS
$57.97/FPS
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Core i7-9700
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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49 FPS
$25.9/FPS
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Core i5-12400F
32 GB, 4 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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54 FPS
$31.91/FPS
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Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
12 GB, 1 TB SSD
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54 FPS
$60.06/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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49 FPS
$24.27/FPS
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Core i5-12400F
64 GB, 512 GB SSD + 6 TB HDD
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55 FPS
$18/FPS
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Ryzen 7 5700X3D
32 GB, N/A Storage
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54 FPS
$36.93/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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54 FPS
$38.31/FPS
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Core i7-12700
32 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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49 FPS
$20.08/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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49 FPS
$23.69/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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54 FPS
$55.89/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 8 TB SSD
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54 FPS
$32.96/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 2 TB SSD
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54 FPS
$30.36/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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49 FPS
$20.32/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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54 FPS
$52.36/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 8 TB SSD
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$2,827.4
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54 FPS
$37.98/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 512 GB SSD + 6 TB HDD
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$2,050.84
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54 FPS
$33.51/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,809.55
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49 FPS
$22.94/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
64 GB, 512 GB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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$1,124.01
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49 FPS
$52.69/FPS
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Core i5-12400F
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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$2,581.81
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54 FPS
$34.71/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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54 FPS
$60.06/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 10 TB HDD
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49 FPS
$18.14/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
12 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$889
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24 FPS
$67.46/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 7 3700X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,619
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16 FPS
$43.69/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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$699
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36 FPS
$21.22/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 5600G
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$763.99
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49 FPS
$24.65/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,207.63
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49 FPS
$32.52/FPS
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Core i5-12400F
64 GB, 512 GB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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54 FPS
$39.85/FPS
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Core i7-12700
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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