Radeon RX 550X: FPS benchmarks and laptop guide
Radeon RX 550X — 13 games benchmarked at 1080p, 1 model in the catalog.
Radeon RX 550X — 13 games benchmarked at 1080p , 1 laptop models in the used-laptop catalog . This guide covers what the chip delivers in games, where it sits among mobile GPUs in 2026, and which laptops carry it.
The Radeon RX 550X is AMD's 2018 entry discrete GPU — the optional graphics tick-box on business laptops that occasionally moonlighted as light gaming machines. This guide covers its 13 recorded game benchmarks at 1080p, five with a medium column, and its single catalog host.
Where the RX 550X sits in 2026
The composite ranks it #187 of 341 (score 24.3). The neighbors: WX 3200 (#184, 25.2), Iris Xe (#185, 25) and Apple M3 Pro (#186, 24.7) above; the GTX 960M (#188, 24.2), its own sibling RX 550 (#189, 24.1) and Vega 11 (#190, 24.1) below. A mid-lower-table entry sharing its rung with a 2015 mid GPU and 2020s integrated graphics — three eras, one score band.
What the chip brings
The record lists 4GB of GDDR5, a 14nm GCN 4.0 design and 1.21 TFLOPS. Public benchmarks: PassMark 2331, Vulkan 12580, OpenCL 11146. The RX 550X was a Polaris-derived entry part — bandwidth-first, modest shaders, low power.
FPS in games at 1080p
Its table is older-title-shaped: Dota 2 Reborn 52 at high, For Honor 25 (medium 27), Battlefield 1 24, F1 2018 20 (medium 26), Rise of the Tomb Raider and The Witcher 3 at 20, Far Cry 5 18 (medium 21), Ghost Recon Wildlands 14 (medium 21), X-Plane 11 at 9 (medium 10) — with the legacy ceilings above them (CS:GO/Overwatch 240, GTA V/PUBG 140). The medium column is coherent across all five rows: one quality step down buys a real frame-rate step up.
Laptops that carry it
One honest host: the Lenovo ThinkPad E490 (2018, $243) — the value-business ThinkPad that offered this chip as its dGPU option. Roster medians read performance index 36 and gaming index 30: an office machine with a modest after-hours streak.
Bottom line
The RX 550X is a $243-laptop GPU: older AAA titles at 1080p medium in the 20-27 range, e-sports beyond that, modern heavies out of reach. Within those limits — and they are the limits its single host advertises — it does exactly what the option box promised.
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🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).
🎮 Radeon RX 550X — game FPS at 1080p
Average FPS per game, medium and high quality presets.
| Game | Medium (1080p) | High (1080p) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overwatch | — | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| PUBG: Battlegrounds | — | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Dota 2 | — | 52 | ⚠ Playable |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | — | 20 | ✗ Low |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | — | 20 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry 5 | 21 | 18 | ✗ Low |
| CS:GO | — | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| GTA V | — | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| For Honor | 27 | 25 | ✗ Low |
| Battlefield 1 | — | 24 | ✗ Low |
| F1 2018 | 26 | 20 | ✗ Low |
| Ghost Recon Wildlands | 21 | 14 | ✗ Low |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 10 | 9 | ✗ Low |
Laptops with the Radeon RX 550X
1 matched models — newest first. Names link to the full review.
| Model | Year | Class | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| ThinkPad E490 | 2018 | Business | $243 |
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