AMD Radeon RX 6550S — Benchmarks & Specs
Short answer: the AMD Radeon RX 6550S generates 33.0 tokens/sec on qwen3:30b under lmstudio in a single cited run, per LocalLLaMA; there are too few comparable runs on file for a median.
Bottom line: how fast is the Radeon RX 6550S?
For local LLM inference it generates 33.0 tokens/sec running qwen3:30b under lmstudio, per LocalLLaMA.
Every figure above is a row in the tables below, and each row links out to the review or public benchmark database the number was taken from. SpecPicks aggregates published measurements; it does not report first-party benchmark runs.
The Radeon RX 6550S is a graphics card from the RDNA 2 family from AMD. Data on this page draws on 1 community AI inference report, compiled from LocalLLaMA; each table row links to its source. Read this page when shopping the Radeon RX 6550S, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (local LLM inference).
AI Inference Performance
Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.
| Model | Quantization | Relative | Tokens/sec | VRAM used | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3:30b | — lmstudio | 33.0 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-02-05 |
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