AMD Radeon RX 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 1000x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 7 GB/s
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1037.305 vs 843.503
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.533 vs 24.676
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 25 October 2016
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 7 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 vs 843.503
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533 vs 24.676

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)

  • Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 1183 MHz
  • Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 66.82 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
  • 1781.7x better floating-point performance: 2,138 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6332 vs 2690
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 650 vs 476
  • Around 79% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20732 vs 11610
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 75.758 vs 33.507
  • Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.071 vs 3.064
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 301.168 vs 140.911
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8496 vs 4485
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3687 vs 940
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3336 vs 2158
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8496 vs 4485
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3687 vs 940
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3336 vs 2158
  • 2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 305 vs 127
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1392 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed 1392 MHz vs 1183 MHz
Texture fill rate 66.82 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 512
Floating-point performance 2,138 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6332 vs 2690
PassMark - G2D Mark 650 vs 476
Geekbench - OpenCL 20732 vs 11610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 vs 33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.071 vs 3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 vs 140.911
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 vs 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3687 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3336 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 vs 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3687 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3336 vs 2158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 305 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2690
6332
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
476
650
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11610
20732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.507
75.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1037.305
843.503
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.064
5.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.533
24.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
140.911
301.168
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
8496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
8496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3336
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
127
305
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)
PassMark - G3D Mark 2690 6332
PassMark - G2D Mark 476 650
Geekbench - OpenCL 11610 20732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507 75.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 843.503
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064 5.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533 24.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 140.911 301.168
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 8496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 940 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2158 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 8496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2158 3336
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 127 305

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Pascal
Code name Lexa GP107
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 25 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $79 $139
Place in performance rating 876 487
Price now $75 $159.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 59.51 46.07

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz 1392 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 1392 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 2,138 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 512 768
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s 66.82 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 3,300 million
CUDA cores 768
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm 145 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 112 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 7 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

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
Ansel
CUDA
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready