SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
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SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 Benchmark and Specs

Here you will find all technical data as well as various benchmarks of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5. Up to 4 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 5120x2880 can be operated with this graphics card. The maximum turbo clock of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 is 1.206 GHz, so the graphics card achieves an FP32 computing power of 1.23 TFLOPS.
FP32
1.23TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.21GHz
Memory
2GB GDDR5
TDP
65 W

Technical details

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 is equipped with 8 execution and 512 shader units. With single precision, a theoretical FP32 computing power of 1.23 TFLOPS is achieved.

GPU Chip
Lexa PRO (GCN 4)
Streaming Multiprocessors
8
Shader
512
Render Output Units
16
Texture Units
32

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 has a 128 bit wide memory interface, with which a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s is achieved. In total, 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory is available for the graphics card.

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

Clock Speeds

The manufacturer specifies the memory clock of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 with 1.100 GHz (base clock) or with 1.206 GHz (turbo clock). If overclocking is supported (see below), the clock rate can be increased even further.

Base Clock
1.100 GHz
Boost Clock
1.206 GHz+2 %
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 has -- plugs, which supply the graphics card with energy. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 80 °C.

TDP
65 W+30 %
Tjunction max
80 °C

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 is equipped with 1 Axial main fans, which are used to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5, whereby the backward-compatible HDCP copy protection is supported in the 2.2 version.

Max. Displays
4
HDCP
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4
DVI
1

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 supports a maximum resolution of 5120x2880 pixels and the DirectX standard version 12.

Max. resolution
5120x2880
DirectX
12
Raytracing
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
LED
No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

Here is a list of which video codecs can be decoded / encoded by the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 in hardware in order to minimize the processor load.

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

Dimensions

The dimensions of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 are 158 mm in length, 112 mm in height and 28 mm in width. Thus 2 PCIe-Slots are needed in a case.

Length
158 mm
Height
112 mm
Width
28 mm
Width (Slots)
2 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 is manufactured in a structure width of 14 nm and has a PCIe 3.0 x 8 lanes interface. The graphics card was released in Q4/2017.

GPU Interface
PCIe 3.0 x 8
Release date
Q4/2017
Launch Price
79 $
Structure size
14 nm
Part-no
11268-03
Documents
data sheet
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5
1.100 GHz · 2 GB · 65 W TDP
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Benchmark results

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) Rank 4,509 / 4,595

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G52 GB GDDR5
    8 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)Average of gpu group
    8 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 4,531 / 4,594

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G52 GB GDDR5
    16 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)Average of gpu group
    16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 4,517 / 4,601

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G52 GB GDDR5
    23 fps (avg)
  2. AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)Average of gpu group
    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 Rank 5,214 / 5,255

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G52 GB GDDR5
    14,548
  2. AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)Average of gpu group
    14,311

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 5,192 / 5,233

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G52 GB GDDR5
    13,498
  2. AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)Average of gpu group
    13,279

Geekbench 6 - Metal Rank 705 / 750

  1. SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G52 GB GDDR5
    18,668
  2. AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)Average of gpu group
    18,364

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