AMD Radeon RX 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 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: 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 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1020 MHz
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 1085 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 60 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 1400x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5.4 GB/s
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11610 vs 11526
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1037.305 vs 642.715
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.064 vs 2.933
  • Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.533 vs 26.532
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 140.911 vs 133.458
  • Around 9% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 127 vs 117
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 18 February 2014
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1020 MHz
Boost clock speed 1183 MHz vs 1085 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 5.4 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 11610 vs 11526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 vs 642.715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064 vs 2.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533 vs 26.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 140.911 vs 133.458
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 127 vs 117

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti

  • Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 43.4 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
  • 1157.5x better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3901 vs 2690
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 521 vs 476
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.463 vs 33.507
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4843 vs 4485
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3683 vs 940
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3329 vs 2158
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4843 vs 4485
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3683 vs 940
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3329 vs 2158
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 43.4 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3901 vs 2690
PassMark - G2D Mark 521 vs 476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.463 vs 33.507
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4843 vs 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3329 vs 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4843 vs 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 vs 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3329 vs 2158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2690
3901
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
476
521
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11610
11526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.507
42.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1037.305
642.715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.064
2.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.533
26.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
140.911
133.458
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
4843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4485
4843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
940
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2158
3329
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
127
117
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 2690 3901
PassMark - G2D Mark 476 521
Geekbench - OpenCL 11610 11526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.507 42.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1037.305 642.715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.064 2.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.533 26.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 140.911 133.458
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4485 4843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 940 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2158 3329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485 4843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2158 3329
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 127 117

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Maxwell
Code name Lexa GM107
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 18 February 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $79 $149
Place in performance rating 876 707
Price now $75 $299.01
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 59.51 15.02

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz 1085 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 1020 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 640
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s 43.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 60 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 1,870 million
CUDA cores 640

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One mini...
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 5.4 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 Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
TXAA