# RX 550 Sol rate **URL:** \ **Category:** Mining\ **Created:** [May 12, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rx-550-sol-rate/15875 "2017-05-12T10:04:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blackwidow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@blackwidow](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/blackwidow)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rx-550-sol-rate/15875/1 "2017-05-12T10:04:40Z")
Hi guys has anybody tried the RX 550 4GB for Zcash mining and can tell what sol rate it is? See there is a Sapphire Pulse RX 550 4GB available and they are really cheap ---
**Author:** ![45nice1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/3da27b/32.png) [@45nice1](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/45nice1)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rx-550-sol-rate/15875/2 "2017-05-12T13:49:12Z")
I know it’s not the same card, but you should expect it to be slower than an RX 460 as it contains almost half the shaders (512 vs 896). **I’ve been getting 110 h/s at most with the 460 4gb from gigabyte.** And have not been able to overclock at all, I assume due to lack of 6 pin and power requirements. ---
**Author:** ![blackwidow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@blackwidow](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/blackwidow)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rx-550-sol-rate/15875/3 "2017-05-12T14:18:07Z")
Thanks…so going by that logic one should expect about 50-70 sols which is not that great ---
**Author:** ![dawnpwns](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/dawnpwns/32/4572_2.png) [@dawnpwns](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/dawnpwns)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rx-550-sol-rate/15875/4 "2017-05-12T14:22:48Z")
I don’t have any AMD cards, but my GTX 970 performs at about 270H/s while the 1060 performs at 290H/s. So even though it’s a lower model- it performs better with new silicon. I would do some extra searching and find some real world results. ---
**Author:** ![45nice1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/3da27b/32.png) [@45nice1](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/45nice1)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rx-550-sol-rate/15875/5 "2017-05-12T15:18:45Z")
The RX550 is a brand new card (running on Polaris). However, the 560, 570 and 580 use the same silicon (14nm Polaris) as the previous generation (460,470,480) with higher clocks (Typical AMD - 😉 ). The 560 is an exception; AMD decided to unlock 4 extra compute cores (Which a developer and overclocker did for the 460 last year) so a performance boost would definitely be noticable even with lower clocks. I wouldn’t reccomend the RX550 for £80 because for £110, you can get the 4gb 560 which definitely be a performance boost (Probably around 2x performance) and only for a £40% price increase it’s probably worth the extra cash. To be honest, even the RX 560 isn’t worth the cash! Don’t make the mistake I did buying a 460 to test. [http://zcashbenchmarks.byethost16.com](http://zcashbenchmarks.byethost16.com) ---
**Author:** ![blackwidow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@blackwidow](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/blackwidow)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rx-550-sol-rate/15875/6 "2017-05-16T17:51:00Z")
Seems that Nicehash tested the RX 550 and it gives stock about 60Sol. As I have an old pc lying around with no PCIE power supply I do like the idea that this card gets it power from the motherboard so it might be a nice card to refurbish an old pc?