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AMD RADEON X550

The AMD RADEON X550 is a graphics card released on June 21, 2005. It has 256 MB of DDR memory and a boost clock of 400 MHz. It scores 51 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 9 and OpenGL 2.

RV370 (hari)

4/10 key specs recorded · 19 facts

Depth: 26 recorded fields

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 4 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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

Shading units

n/a

Memory

256 MB

DDR

Boost clock

n/a

400 MHz base

Board power

n/a

Performance

The AMD RADEON X550 scores 51 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 11.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,543), measured across 14 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 266.

PassMark G3D Mark

Rank #2,543
Faster than 11.7% of 2,658 GPUs
14 samples

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

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCI-E x16

Max memory 256 MB

Core clock 400 MHz

Memory clock 500 MHz

DirectX 9

OpenGL 2

First benchmarked 2009-07-19

Samples 14

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD RADEON X550 states the PCI-E x16 interface, up to 256 MB of memory, a core clock of 400 MHz, DirectX 9 and OpenGL 2, first benchmarked on 2009-07-19. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the AMD RADEON X550 specifically. It is a different product from AMD RADEON X550 XT, AMD Radeon X550 XTX, AMD Radeon X550 HyperMemory, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

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Codename RV370 (hari)

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The AMD RADEON X550 uses the RV370 (hari) graphics processor.

Shader configuration

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Texture units (TMUs) 4

Render output units (ROPs) 4

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

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XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD RADEON X550 4 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.

The AMD RADEON X550 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics.

Clock speeds

Base clock 400 MHz

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The AMD RADEON X550 runs at a base clock of 400 MHz.

Memory

Size 256 MB

Type DDR

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The AMD RADEON X550 is equipped with 256 MB of DDR memory.

Board and power

The AMD RADEON X550 it connects over PCI-E x16.

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Bus interface PCI-E x16

Market

Launched June 21, 2005

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Segment Desktop

Series Radeon

The AMD RADEON X550 was released on June 21, 2005.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 51

PassMark G2D 266

Rank #2,543

Samples 14

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD RADEON X550 supports DirectX 9 and OpenGL 2.

DirectX 9 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 2 (stated by PassMark)

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD RADEON X550. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD RADEON X550. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD RADEON X550.