AMD Radeon RX 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2 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) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1006 MHz
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 1072 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6008 MHz
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 19 November 2013
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1006 MHz
Boost clock speed 1183 MHz vs 1072 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 6008 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2

  • 55.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.9 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 37.86 GTexel / s
  • 4.5x more pipelines: 2x 1152 vs 512
  • 4116.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,470 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.396 vs 3.064
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 102.9 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 1152 vs 512
Floating-point performance 2x 2,470 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.396 vs 3.064

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.064
7.396
Name AMD Radeon RX 550 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark 2690
PassMark - G2D Mark 476
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 7.396
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 127

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 550 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Kepler
Code name Lexa GK104
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 19 November 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Place in performance rating 876 878
Price now $75
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 59.51

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1183 MHz 1072 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 1006 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 2x 2,470 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 2x 1152
Texture fill rate 37.86 GTexel / s 2x 102.9 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 2,200 million 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm 279 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 2x 192.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

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)