AMD Radeon RX 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 550

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 37.86 GTexel / s vs 33.6 billion / sec
4.6x more pipelines: 512 vs 112
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 105 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
7.8x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 900 MHz
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2690 vs 454
8.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 476 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 21 July 2008
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel / s vs 33.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	512 vs 112
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2690 vs 454
PassMark - G2D Mark	476 vs 56

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1100 MHz
280x better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2845 vs 940
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3304 vs 2158
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2845 vs 940
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3304 vs 2158

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2845 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3304 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2845 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3304 vs 2158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2690

454

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

476

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

940

2845

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2158

3304

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

940

2845

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2158

3304

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2690	454
PassMark - G2D Mark	476	56
Geekbench - OpenCL	11610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1037.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	52.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	940	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2158	3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	940	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2158	3304
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	127

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Lexa	G92
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	21 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$160
Place in performance rating	876	1063
Price now	$75	$103.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	59.51	8.86
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	512	112
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel / s	33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	754 million
CUDA cores		112
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	9" (22.9 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI