AMD Radeon RX 6550S
The AMD Radeon RX 6550S is a graphics card released on January 4, 2023. It has 1,024 shading units, 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 64-bit bus, 128.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 2.17 GHz and a 50 W board power rating.
Depth: 14 recorded fields, 8 features
Specification data last verified July 27, 2026 against AMD.com Specifications. Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
Theoretical throughput
AMD states a peak of FP32 (single precision) 4.9 TFLOPS, FP16 (half precision) 9.9 TFLOPS and Texture fill rate 154.2 GTexel/s for the AMD Radeon RX 6550S.
Shader configuration
The AMD Radeon RX 6550S has 1,024 shading units, 16 compute units and 16 ray tracing cores.
The AMD Radeon RX 6550S does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics.
Clock speeds
The AMD Radeon RX 6550S has a game clock of 2.17 GHz.
Memory
The AMD Radeon RX 6550S is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory, uses a 64-bit memory bus and delivers 128.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The AMD Radeon RX 6550S has a board power rating of 50 W.
Market
The AMD Radeon RX 6550S was released on January 4, 2023.
Features
The AMD Radeon RX 6550S has 2 supported features recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.
Rendering
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Supported: Hardware ray tracingDedicated GPU hardware that speeds up ray-traced lighting, reflections and shadows in supported games and apps.Ray tracing units: 16
Not listed (2)
No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 6550S supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.
The AMD Radeon RX 6550S supports Hardware ray tracing under Rendering.
Display features
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Supported: HDMI 4K outputThe vendor states the GPU can drive a 4K display over HDMI.
Not listed (7)
No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 6550S supports AMD FreeSync, Stereoscopic 3D, 10-bit color output, VR ready, 8K display output, HDR output and 12-bit color output. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.
The AMD Radeon RX 6550S supports HDMI 4K output under Display features.
Media engine
The AMD Radeon RX 6550S provides hardware decode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265). It does not support hardware encode for HEVC (H.265) and decode for AV1.
| Codec | Encode | Decode |
|---|---|---|
| H.264 (AVC)4K H.264: encode not supported, decode supported | Not stated by the vendor | Supported |
| HEVC (H.265) | Not supported | Supported |
| AV1 | Not stated by the vendor | Not supported |
supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor
Not listed: VP9. No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon RX 6550S supports this codec; that is silence, not a statement that it is unsupported.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon RX 6550S have?
The AMD Radeon RX 6550S has 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 64-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 128.0 GB/s.
How much power does the AMD Radeon RX 6550S use and what power supply does it need?
The AMD Radeon RX 6550S has a board power rating of 50 W.
Does the AMD Radeon RX 6550S support ray tracing?
Yes. The AMD Radeon RX 6550S has hardware ray tracing with 16 ray tracing cores.
When was the AMD Radeon RX 6550S released?
The AMD Radeon RX 6550S was released on January 4, 2023.