AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
Around 17% better floating-point performance: 806.4 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 78% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 116 Watt
3.9x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1026 MHz

Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 15 March 2011
Pipelines	384 vs 192
Floating-point performance	806.4 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 116 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1026 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

2x more core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 28.8 billion / sec vs 25.2 GTexel / s
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5750 vs 5150
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2488 vs 1106
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2488 vs 1106
Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3351 vs 1841
Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3351 vs 1841
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3322 vs 3260
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3322 vs 3260

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate	28.8 billion / sec vs 25.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	5750 vs 5150
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2488 vs 1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2488 vs 1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3351 vs 1841
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3351 vs 1841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3322 vs 3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3322 vs 3260

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5150

5750

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1106

2488

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1106

2488

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1841

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1841

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3260

3322

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3260

3322

Name	AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Geekbench - OpenCL	5150	5750
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1106	2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1106	2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1841	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1841	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3260	3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3260	3322
PassMark - G3D Mark		1557
PassMark - G2D Mark		382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		18.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		354.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		41.941
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		322

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Oland	GF116
Launch date	5 May 2015	15 March 2011
Place in performance rating	1281	1019
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Price now		$287.59
Value for money (0-100)		7.49
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1800 MHz
Floating-point performance	806.4 gflops	691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	192
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s	28.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	116 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,170 million
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		100 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	One 6-pin
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		8.25" (21 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	98.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1026 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI