AMD Radeon RX 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1037.305 vs 890.785
- Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.533 vs 28.659
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 vs 26 November 2015 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1037.305 vs 890.785 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 52.533 vs 28.659 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
- Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1100 MHz
- Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1201 MHz vs 1183 MHz
- 2x more texture fill rate: 76.86 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
- 2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 512
- 2050x better floating-point performance: 2,460 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
- 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 76.687 vs 33.507
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 1176 MHz vs 1100 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1201 MHz vs 1183 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 76.86 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1024 vs 512 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,460 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs |
| Memory clock speed | 7012 MHz vs 7000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 76.687 vs 33.507 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 550 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2715 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 488 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 11719 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 33.507 | 76.687 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1037.305 | 890.785 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.064 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 52.533 | 28.659 |
| 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 | 1200 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 550 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM | |
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Essentials |
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| 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 | 26 November 2015 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $79 | |
| Place in performance rating | 850 | 960 |
| Price now | $75 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 59.51 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1183 MHz | 1201 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1176 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1.2 TFLOPs | 2,460 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 512 | 1024 |
| Texture fill rate | 37.86 GTexel / s | 76.86 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 2,200 million | 2,940 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
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| VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 112.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 7012 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Decode | ||
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| 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) | ||
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