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AMD Radeon E9550

The AMD Radeon E9550 is a graphics card released on September 1, 2016, built on the GCN architecture using a 14 nm process. It has 2,304 shading units, 8 GB of GDDR5 memory and a boost clock of 1.24 GHz. It scores 5,693 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12.

GCNPolaris1014 nm

6/10 key specs recorded · 18 facts

Depth: 25 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 6 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

2,304cores

36 compute units

Memory

8 GB

GDDR5

Boost clock

n/a

1.24 GHz base

Board power

n/a

Performance

The AMD Radeon E9550 scores 5,693 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 82.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #482), measured across 3 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 236.

PassMark G3D Mark

5,693

Rank #482
Faster than 82.4% of 2,658 GPUs
3 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 94 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 74% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 33 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 68.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 40 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 65.5% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 26 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 61.9% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,827 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 62.4% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon E9550 averages DirectX 9 94 fps, DirectX 10 33 fps, DirectX 11 40 fps, DirectX 12 26 fps and GPU Compute 1,827 ops/s, across 3 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

First benchmarked 2026-02-06

Samples 3

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Graphics processor

Architecture GCN

Codename Polaris10

Chip Not recorded

Process node 14 nm

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The AMD Radeon E9550 is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Polaris10 graphics processor and is manufactured on a 14 nm process.

Shader configuration

Shading units 2,304

Compute units 36

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 144

Render output units (ROPs) 32

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon E9550 has 2,304 shading units, 36 compute units, 144 texture mapping units and 32 render output units.

The AMD Radeon E9550 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon E9550.

Clock speeds

Base clock 1.24 GHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon E9550 runs at a base clock of 1.24 GHz.

Memory

Size 8 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The AMD Radeon E9550 is equipped with 8 GB of GDDR5 memory.

Market

Launched September 1, 2016

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon

The AMD Radeon E9550 was released on September 1, 2016.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 5,693

PassMark G2D 236

Rank #482

Samples 3

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon E9550 supports DirectX 12.

DirectX 12

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon E9550. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon E9550. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon E9550.

Naming and aliases

The AMD Radeon E9550 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as AMD Radeon (TM) E9550.

Other names (PassMark) AMD Radeon (TM) E9550

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon E9550 have?

The AMD Radeon E9550 has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory.

How fast is the AMD Radeon E9550?

The AMD Radeon E9550 scores 5,693 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 82.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #482. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 26 fps.