AMD Radeon RX 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM 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 GTX 950 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 924 MHz
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1183 MHz vs 950 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1037.305 vs 917.535
Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.533 vs 37.323
Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 140.911 vs 86.304

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 1 January 2016
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 924 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz vs 950 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1037.305 vs 917.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	52.533 vs 37.323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	140.911 vs 86.304

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Around 61% higher texture fill rate: 60.8 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 512
1621.7x better floating-point performance: 1,946 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 56.869 vs 33.507
Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.351 vs 3.064

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	60.8 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,946 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.869 vs 33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.351 vs 3.064

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

33.507

56.869

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1037.305

917.535

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.064

3.351

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

52.533

37.323

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

140.911

86.304

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	2690
PassMark - G2D Mark	476
Geekbench - OpenCL	11610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	33.507	56.869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1037.305	917.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.064	3.351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	52.533	37.323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	140.911	86.304
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 950 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Lexa	GM206
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	1 January 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$79
Place in performance rating	876	1154
Price now	$75
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	59.51
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	950 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	924 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	1,946 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	1024
Texture fill rate	37.86 GTexel / s	60.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	2,940 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	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	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	5012 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)