ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO WHITE


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) (GCN 4) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO WHITE is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (Blackwell 2.0) and has 8 GB GDDR7 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB has the Lexa PRO graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO WHITE is based on the graphics chip GB206-250-A1, which comes from the Blackwell 2.0 architecture.
ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB GPU MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO WHITE
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Lexa PRO GPU Chip GB206-250-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Blackwell 2.0
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 30
512 Shader 3840
16 Render Output Units 48
32 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 30

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO WHITE is 28.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR7
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 28.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.100 GHz Base Clock 2.280 GHz
1.183 GHz Boost Clock 2.512 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB is powered by connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 50 W.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO WHITE has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 155 W.

50 W TDP 155 W
-- TDP (up) --
80 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO WHITE has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO WHITE supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v2.1b
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO WHITE is 7680x4320 pixels.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO WHITE needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 5 x 8 Lanes interface.

182 mm Length 300 mm
112 mm Height 125 mm
43 mm Width 44 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 797 g
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q2/2017.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO WHITE came on the market in Q2/2025 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

RX550-2G Part-no G5060-8GTW
Q2/2017 Release date Q2/2025
79 $ Launch Price 299 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 5 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB
2 GB GDDR5
8 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB
2 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB
2 GB GDDR5
23 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB
2 GB GDDR5
14311

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB
2 GB GDDR5
13279

Geekbench 6 - Metal

ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB ASUS Radeon RX 550 2GB
2 GB GDDR5
18364

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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