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$139.99
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Base Clock
Boost Clock
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $199
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MSRP in USD: $199
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$189.99
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Base Clock
Boost Clock
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$169.99
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Same as Founder's Edition
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$139.99
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Same as Founder's Edition
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $79
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MSRP in USD: $79
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$89.99
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Boost Clock
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$219.99
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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 AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Performs up to 50% better in Borderlands 3 than Radeon RX 550 - 75 vs 50 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 4 vs 2 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550
- Up to 36% cheaper than Radeon RX 6500 XT - $89.99 vs $139.99
- Up to 4% better value when playing Borderlands 3 than Radeon RX 6500 XT - $1.8 vs $1.87 per FPS
- Consumes up to 53% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 50 vs 107 Watts
Borderlands 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
75
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.87/FPS
96.2566844919786%
Price, $
$139.99
64%
FPS Winner
Sapphire 11314-01-20G Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Gaming OC Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2
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Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
FPS
50
66.66666666666666%
Value, $/FPS
$1.8/FPS
100%
Price, $
$89.99
100%
Value Winner
PowerColor Red Dragon AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile Graphics Card
Buy for $89.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 311472 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
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
21.014653641207815%
Texel Fillrate
37.86 GTexel/s
21.009988901220865%
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | vs | AMD 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 |
Builds Using Radeon RX 6500 XT or Radeon RX 550
Borderlands 3, 1920 x 1080, Badass
38 FPS
$22.37/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, 480 GB SSD
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18 FPS
$54.99/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 3600
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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$989.9
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13 FPS
$92.23/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,199
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13 FPS
$58.45/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, 240 GB SSD
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$759.85
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19 FPS
$73.63/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 7 3700X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,399
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53 FPS
$16.98/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 5 5600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$899.99
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23 FPS
$31.3/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 5600G
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$720
In Stock
23 FPS
$35.48/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 5 5600G
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$816
In Stock
13 FPS
$79.54/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,034
In Stock
29 FPS
$35.14/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,019
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